


It also runs on as low as 64 MB of RAM but this is unrecommended. We run with 512 MB of RAM, but this can be lowered to 256 MB if your server is low on resources. Qemu-system-i386 -hda winxp.img -cdrom winxp_iso_name.iso -boot d -cpu qemu64 -m 512 -vga cirrus -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net user -usbdevice tablet -localtime Or if running without root or virtualization: Qemu-system-i386 -hda winxp.img -cdrom winxp_iso_name.iso -boot d -enable-kvm -cpu host -m 512 -vga cirrus -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net user -usbdevice tablet -localtime When that's done, run the following command: Windows XP is not really that big of an OS and it can even be installed on 2 GB of space if you turn hibernation off, but 5 GB is recommended as a minimum if you want to be able to install several programs. Make a qcow2 image (or a raw image if you want) by typingġ0G can be replaced with however big you want the hard drive to be (with G standing for Gigabytes). Recommended version: Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 Both Home and Professional are known to work perfectly fine in QEMU and CollabVM. VM 2 on the official CollabVM website runs Windows XP with Service Pack 3 installed. A few programs do not work on it but thanks to its still large popularity this usually isn't a big problem. My HDD can't do much without complete system tools.Windows XP works great as a VM for CollabVM. Appreciate the help, but I've already got RMA #s for both OS and HDD (so I'm waiting a few weeks) to start from scratch. The above link keeps timing out on my other comp. My new build is missing OS files for ethernet and various other programs. after all you own the license to the software right. and just add the files to your image you backed up reburn it and install it that way. this will do a quick format and just clean the drive instead of doing it for 10 to 15 minutes or you could back up that image of your xp and browse the net for how to make an xp cd with sp 1 and 2 on it. simple use a dos boot disk and when your booted up type format c: (or what ever your system drive is that your using) /q and hit enter and confirm it. but if you desires to wipe clean the harddrive. goto and install the updates you can get sp2 from here and you can also use windows updates to get missing files as well. Wiping it clean is really easy to do and while your rmaing your cds.
