Windows 8 Qcow2 Info

Use Windows 8 QCOW2 images to simulate end-user workstations in complex network topologies.

Supports transparent zlib compression to save space.

Standard IDE emulation is slow. Download the ISO from the Fedora Project. During Windows installation, "Load Driver" and point to the VirtIO SCSI and Network folders to enable high-speed I/O. Enable KVM Acceleration windows 8 qcow2

Boot Windows and use Disk Management ( diskmgmt.msc ) to "Extend Volume" into the newly unallocated space.

Easily save and revert to specific system states. Use Windows 8 QCOW2 images to simulate end-user

Convert and upload the image to Glance to provide Windows-based cloud instances. Maintenance and Resizing

Upload the .qcow2 file to /var/lib/vz/images and import it using the qm importdisk command. Download the ISO from the Fedora Project

Always use the -enable-kvm flag on Linux hosts. This allows the guest OS to run at near-native speeds by using the host CPU's virtualization extensions (VT-x or AMD-V). Deployment Scenarios

The file only occupies physical disk space as data is written.