You can access the ISO can in a VM by mounting the ISO with a virtual CD-ROM/DVD drive on that VM. Normally the drivers are pretty stable, so one should try out the most recent release first.

You can download the latest stable or you can download the most recent build of the ISO. The binary drivers are digitally signed by Red Hat, and will work on 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Those older versions can still be useful when a Windows VM shows instability or incompatibility with a newer driver version. Note that this repository provides not only the most recent, but also many older versions. Windows does not have native support for VirtIO devices included.īut, there is excellent external support through opensource drivers, which are available compiled and signed for Windows: The availability and status of the VirtIO drivers depends on the guest OS and platform. You can maximize performances by using VirtIO drivers. balloon (dynamic memory management), see Dynamic Memory Management.network (ethernet cards), see Paravirtualized Network Drivers for Windows.block (disks drives), see Paravirtualized Block Drivers for Windows.Īt the moment these kind of devices are supported:

In short, they enable direct (paravirtualized) access to devices and peripherals for virtual machines using them, instead of slower, emulated, ones.Ī quite extended explanation about VirtIO drivers can be found here. VirtIO Drivers are paravirtualized drivers for kvm/Linux (see ).

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