And then, the desktop appears.
The first step in any virtualization project is preparing the "hardware." For Windows XP, a 10GB to 20GB disk is usually more than enough for the OS and essential applications. To create the disk image, use the qemu-img utility: qemu-img create -f qcow2 winxp.qcow2 20G Use code with caution. i--- Windows Xp Qcow2
Now vm1.qcow2 starts as 200KB. All writes go here; the base remains pristine. And then, the desktop appears
Open a terminal and create a 10GB Qcow2 image: i--- Windows Xp Qcow2
The (QEMU Copy-On-Write) format is primarily used by the QEMU emulator. Users often look for pre-built Windows XP QCOW2 files or "reports" on their performance because:
qemu-img convert -O qcow2 -c windows-xp.qcow2 windows-xp-compacted.qcow2
