Installation guide

Install the drivers first
Ensure the drivers have been installed on the Windows guest before proceeding to install new
devices. If the drivers are unavailable the device will not be recognized and will not work.
1. Open the guest by double clicking on the name of the guest in virt-manager.
2. Open the Hardware tab.
3. Press the Add Hardware button.
4. In the Adding Virtual Hardware tab select Storage or Network for the type of device.
a. New d isk d evices
Select the storage device or file-based image. Select Virtio Disk as the Device
type and press Forward.
b. New n et wo rk d evices
Select Virtual network or Shared physical device. Select virtio as the
Device type and press Forward.
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