From 7d7d3f617ca3f30f52ade5dee5a798bb69ea43fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Marta=20Marczykowska-G=C3=B3recka?= Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 19:59:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] qubes windows tools link easier to find When reading summary for qubes 4.0, I found it not obvious where to find link to Qubes Windows Tools. Made it clearer. --- managing-os/windows/windows-vm.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/managing-os/windows/windows-vm.md b/managing-os/windows/windows-vm.md index 6d5bc8da..e555a044 100644 --- a/managing-os/windows/windows-vm.md +++ b/managing-os/windows/windows-vm.md @@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ qvm-prefs win7new qrexec_timeout 300 qvm-prefs win7new debug false ~~~ +To install Qubes Windows Tools, follow instructions [below](#xen-pv-drivers-and-qubes-windows-tools). + ### Detailed instructions ### MS Windows versions considerations: @@ -276,7 +278,7 @@ Note: if you already have Qubes Windows Tools installed the video adapter in Win To avoid guessing the VM's state enable debugging (`qvm-prefs -s win7new debug true`) and in Windows' device manager (My computer -> Manage / Device manager / Display adapters) temporarily re-enable the standard VGA adapter and disable "Qubes video driver". You can disable debugging and revert to Qubes' display once the VM is updated. -Xen PV drivers and Qubes integration +Xen PV drivers and Qubes Windows Tools ------------------------------------ Installing Xen's PV drivers in the VM will lower its resources usage when using network and/or I/O intensive applications, but *may* come at the price of system stability (although Xen's PV drivers on a Win7 VM are usually very stable). There are two ways of installing the drivers: From 021ca35e3599924133b3703453da6fe5771cdcd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Marta=20Marczykowska-G=C3=B3recka?= Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2018 20:18:20 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update windows-vm.md --- managing-os/windows/windows-vm.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/managing-os/windows/windows-vm.md b/managing-os/windows/windows-vm.md index e555a044..9fabcfba 100644 --- a/managing-os/windows/windows-vm.md +++ b/managing-os/windows/windows-vm.md @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Finally, increase the VM's `qrexec_timeout`: in case you happen to get a BSOD or qvm-prefs -s win7new qrexec_timeout 300 ~~~ -At that point you should have a functional and stable Windows VM, although without updates, Xen's PV drivers nor Qubes integration (see sections [Windows Update](#windows-update) and [Xen PV drivers and Qubes integration](#xen-pv-drivers-and-qubes-integration) below). It is a good time to clone the VM again. +At that point you should have a functional and stable Windows VM, although without updates, Xen's PV drivers nor Qubes integration (see sections [Windows Update](#windows-update) and [Xen PV drivers and Qubes Windows Tools](#xen-pv-drivers-and-qubes-windows-tools) below). It is a good time to clone the VM again. Qubes 4.0 - Windows VM installation @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ Finally, increase the VM's `qrexec_timeout`: in case you happen to get a BSOD or qvm-prefs win7new qrexec_timeout 300 ~~~ -At that point you should have a functional and stable Windows VM, although without updates, Xen's PV drivers nor Qubes integration (see sections [Windows Update](#windows-update) and [Xen PV drivers and Qubes integration](#xen-pv-drivers-and-qubes-integration) below). It is a good time to clone the VM again. +At that point you should have a functional and stable Windows VM, although without updates, Xen's PV drivers nor Qubes integration (see sections [Windows Update](#windows-update) and [Xen PV drivers and Qubes Windows Tools](#xen-pv-drivers-and-qubes-windows-tools) below). It is a good time to clone the VM again. Windows update