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    “Windows to Go” stick on QEMU / KVM

    *** Warning - complete KVM newbie ***

    Fresh trusty install and I have then installed Qemu and KVM. I have a Windows 8.1 Windows To Go USB stick (Windows 8.1 Enterprise) and would like to run this as a visualized instance. I have done the following so far:
    1. tried to pass through the physical drive to the VM instance
    2. install OVMF to allow UEFI based booting

    I achieved the pass through of the physical device by adding the following to my config file:

    Code:
      <devices>
         <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
         <disk type='block' device='disk'>
           <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
           <source dev='/dev/sdi'/>
           <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
           <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/>
         </disk>
    And I also installed OVMF and then added the following:

    Code:
      <os>
         <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-trusty'>hvm</type>
         <loader>OVMF.fd</loader>**
         <boot dev='hd'/>
         <bootmenu enable='yes'/>   
      </os>
    Am I on the right track here ? Has anyone passed a WTG stick through before ? I gues it would be like passsing any physical disk directly through.

    Thanks !

    Edit entire xml file is:
    <domain type='qemu'>
    <name>WTG</name>
    <uuid>0509ff4c-6958-2463-321c-512874d8eaac</uuid>
    <memory unit='KiB'>8388608</memory>
    <currentMemory unit='KiB'>8388608</currentMemory>
    <vcpu placement='static'>8</vcpu>
    <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-trusty'>hvm</type>
    <loader>OVMF.fd</loader>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
    <bootmenu enable='no'/>
    </os>
    <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
    <pae/>
    </features>
    <clock offset='localtime'/>
    <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
    <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
    <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
    <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
    <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
    <source dev='/dev/sdi'/>
    <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
    <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06' function='0x0'/>
    </disk>
    <controller type='usb' index='0'>
    <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
    <interface type='network'>
    <mac address='52:54:00:fb:97:4d'/>
    <source network='default'/>
    <model type='rtl8139'/>
    <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03' function='0x0'/>
    </interface>
    <serial type='pty'>
    <target port='0'/>
    </serial>
    <console type='pty'>
    <target type='serial' port='0'/>
    </console>
    <input type='tablet' bus='usb'/>
    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
    <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes'/>
    <sound model='ich6'>
    <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04' function='0x0'/>
    </sound>
    <video>
    <model type='vga' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
    <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0'/>
    </video>
    <memballoon model='virtio'>
    <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05' function='0x0'/>
    </memballoon>
    </devices>
    </domain>
    The USB WTG stick is confirmed as:

    # lsscsi -v | grep King
    [8:0:0:0] disk Kingston DT Workspace KS13 /dev/sdi
    The domain starts up, gets to bitlocker, passes bitlocker and then the Windows 8 logo appears for 6/7 seconds and then i resets and goes straight back to the EFI shell.
    Last edited by takeawaydave; July 29th, 2015 at 06:16 PM.

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