From ebd2746ed9a9a069ff673af8779ef30bed47c461 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Dr. Gerhard Weck" Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2023 11:11:24 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about drive letter for private disk This was changed in the community doc by @JochenKorge - thanks for clarifying this! --- user/templates/windows/qubes-windows-tools-4-1.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/user/templates/windows/qubes-windows-tools-4-1.md b/user/templates/windows/qubes-windows-tools-4-1.md index e1328334..1f6ec920 100644 --- a/user/templates/windows/qubes-windows-tools-4-1.md +++ b/user/templates/windows/qubes-windows-tools-4-1.md @@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ Qubes Windows Tools (QWT) are a set of programs and drivers that provide integra - Xen PV Network Drivers: paravirtual network drivers - Move user profiles: user profile directory (`C:\users`) is moved to VM's private disk backed by `private.img file` in `dom0` (useful mainly for HVM templates). - **Note**: Xen PV disk drivers are not installed by default. This is because they seem to cause problems (BSOD = Blue Screen Of Death). 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. On the other hand, the Xen PV drivers allow USB device access even without QWT installation if `qvm-features stubdom-qrexec` is set as `1` +**Note**: If you choose to move profiles, drive letter `Q:` must be assigned to the secondary (private) disk. + +**Note**: Xen PV disk drivers are not installed by default. This is because they seem to cause problems (BSOD = Blue Screen Of Death). 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. On the other hand, the Xen PV drivers allow USB device access even without QWT installation if `qvm-features stubdom-qrexec` is set as `1` Below is a breakdown of the feature availability depending on the windows version: