Windows 81 Qcow2 Install Extra Quality

Installing Windows 8.1 today is harder than it was in 2013. Microsoft has officially ended mainstream support, and the original installation media often lacks drivers for modern virtual hardware.

qemu-system-x86_64 \ -enable-kvm \ -m 8G \ -smp 4 \ -cpu host \ -drive file=/path/win8.1.qcow2,if=virtio,cache=none,format=qcow2 \ -cdrom /path/Win8.1.iso \ -drive file=/path/virtio-win.iso,if=cdrom \ -netdev user,id=net0 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0 \ -vga qxl -spice port=5930,disable-ticketing \ -boot d windows 81 qcow2 install

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