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Windows Server with VirtIO Drivers
Does anyone have some sort of tutorial to make ISO with VirtIO drivers in it?
Tried this tutorial https://www.vultr.com/docs/windows-custom-iso-with-virtio-drivers and having a problem at the time of the installation
Problem
Server 2019 : https://imgur.com/YY5xadB
Server 2012 : https://imgur.com/2zm4sgJ
I am trying to mount and install it on my Hosthatch storage server.
Any help will be appreciated 
Comments
You mean this?
https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.iso
Edit : How much Memory and How many core?
Yes, I added those using several tutorials but all seems to be failed
2 core and 2 gb ram
Are you building your Own iso or booting with default windows iso + Virtio iso?
I got the iso from Microsoft and added the virtio using the tutorial mentioned above
Then got the error as mentioned
Can you not mount 2 iso with them? Or open a ticket?
Just download any iso modification tool like ultraiso and drop the driver files in there, don’t even bother with slipstreaming.
@seriesn Can't mount two ISO and Opened the Ticket Beforehand and they don't provide custom support for it, so on my own
@TheOnlyDK I will try with that now, I am currently using Imgburn
You can mount Windows ISO first -> go to the installation page -> unmount Windows ISO -> mount VirtIO ISO -> Select drivers -> Unmount VirtIO ISO -> Mount Windows ISO back -> proceed installation.
It should work fine!
Just add another virtual CDROM and mount your isos.
Hosthatch doesn’t support two ISOs in any form, including swapping ISO.
I don’t think that’s an option either for him. He’s trying to install windows, not modifying windows iso when windows is already installed.
He can modify KVM configuration. If this is possible of course.
That must be done on the host side. Given it's hosthatch, I doubt it's happening.
From the link, "Use an ISO mastering tool to create your custom slipstream ISO"
But there's no slipstreaming step and the tutorial is wrong. So drivers are not integrated, just available on disc. You'd need to browse and point to the virtio dir to find the driver and then the driver will load and find it, but looking at screenshots, you can't.
Just use ntLite to actually slipstream the drivers. Make sure to integrate into boot image. You can also customize it and add recent updates at same time.
I got this little tutorial here https://www.ntlite.com/discussions/#/discussion/170/driver-integration-error-for-virtio-drivers
1) Got my iso from MSDN (just verified the hash too)
2) unpacked with winrar into a folder: c:\Users\sv\Downloads\ntlite\
3) started ntlite
4) add -> image folder : c:\Users\sv\Downloads\en_windows_7_professional_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_676939
5) Selected "3. Windows 7 PROFESSIONAL" and then selected "load"
6) let it load and jump straight to the "drivers" tab.
7) Add folders and subfolders found drivers.
8) Navigate and select: c:\Users\sv\Downloads\virtio-win-0.1-94\WIN7\AMD64\
9) It finds 6 drivers from red hat
10) Jump to the "apply" tab, and then click start (top left)
11) After some time i get the error.
Gonna try that and will update if that works.
Yeah, that's the general idea (plus swapping Win7 with your server version). Change step 10/11 to having it make the ISO at the end of integration, it'll be a check box or something and you give it a name, apply and go have a beverage of choice until it's done. If you still run into problems, I'm back from vacation on Wednesday and can make you an integrated ISO.
Good luck. ntlite is very useful in cutting down on customization time and worth getting used to.
What we did is created our own Windows Template with VirtIO drivers preinstalled in it.
First install Windows using ISO and use IDE and Intel/Realtek NIC in KVM/SoluSVM or whichever control panel it is, then install all the drivers in the VPS, then change from IDE to VirtIO and/or change NIC in SolusVM and then reboot that should solve the problem.
Note: did it long ago so might have missed some steps, but that's what i remember
@seriesn @TheOnlyDK @TimboJones @HostEONS @LTniger
Thank you for all the help guys, after around 10 builds using NTLite (25+ in total
) I got the right one and it's working flawlessly 
Can you share it with me so I can use it too?
Because I couldn't do it also
I'm now trying this out, will see if it works.
Check PM
I think I will make a tutorial for this one
Nice, be a good idea for other people to be able to follow it. I am now uploading the modified files and testing it out.
This tutorial works great from Vultr...it should work on any KVM VPS setup
https://www.vultr.com/docs/how-to-create-a-windows-custom-iso-with-updates-using-ntlite
I have a Win2012R2 and Win7Pro ISO ready to go with latest stable VirtIO drivers included ....if anybody needs it let me know I'll PM you the link from my FTP
Thank you, Bro
The result can be achieved directly loading via OS too
but thanks for it, didn't found it before so figure all by myself
It really works!
I use very simple method in this case
And now you have 2-in-1 iso which you can use with single iso mount and select VirtIO drivers during install