From 8192057b2aea87ba4aa97dde9449c8b93bb7b7e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Rafa=C5=82=20Wojdy=C5=82a?= Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:57:03 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] QWT: update state of disk PV drivers --- managing-os/windows-tools-3.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/managing-os/windows-tools-3.md b/managing-os/windows-tools-3.md index 879602b8..f94d3a5f 100644 --- a/managing-os/windows-tools-3.md +++ b/managing-os/windows-tools-3.md @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Qubes Windows Tools (QWT for short) contain several components than can be enabl **In testing VMs only** it's probably a good idea to install a VNC server before installing QWT. If something goes very wrong with the Qubes gui agent, a VNC server should still allow access to the OS. -**NOTE**: Xen PV disk drivers are not installed by default. This is because they seem to cause severe problems, including disk image/files corruption in Qubes HVMs. We're investigating this. *However*, the problem doesn't always occur in tests -- disk drivers often work *if they are installed separately after the main portion of QWT is up and running*. **Do this at your own risk** of course, but we welcome reports of success/failure in any case. With disk PV drivers absent `qvm-block` will not work for the VM, but you can still use standard Qubes inter-VM file copying mechanisms. +**NOTE**: Xen PV disk drivers are not installed by default. This is because they seem to cause problems (BSOD). We're working with upstream devs to fix this. *However*, the BSOD seems to only occur after the first boot and everything works fine after that. **Enable the drivers at your own risk** of course, but we welcome reports of success/failure in any case (backup your VM first!). With disk PV drivers absent `qvm-block` will not work for the VM, but you can still use standard Qubes inter-VM file copying mechanisms. Verbose installation --------------------