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How to use Windows 10 OEM license in libvirt VM (<smbios mode='host' /> does not work as Windows seems to verify UUID; apparmor/security configuration changes may be needed)
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<domain type='kvm' xmlns:qemu='http://libvirt.org/schemas/domain/qemu/1.0'> | |
<!-- ... --> | |
<qemu:commandline> | |
<qemu:arg value='-acpitable'/> | |
<qemu:arg value='file=/some/path/slic.bin'/> | |
<qemu:arg value='-acpitable'/> | |
<qemu:arg value='file=/some/path/msdm.bin'/> | |
<qemu:arg value='-smbios'/> | |
<qemu:arg value='file=/some/path/smbios_type_0.bin'/> | |
<qemu:arg value='-smbios'/> | |
<qemu:arg value='file=/some/path/smbios_type_1.bin'/> | |
</qemu:commandline> | |
</domain> | |
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#!/bin/bash | |
set -e | |
cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/SLIC > slic.bin | |
cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM > msdm.bin | |
dmidecode -t 0 -u | grep $'^\t\t[^"]' | xargs -n1 | perl -lne 'printf "%c", hex($_)' > smbios_type_0.bin | |
dmidecode -t 1 -u | grep $'^\t\t[^"]' | xargs -n1 | perl -lne 'printf "%c", hex($_)' > smbios_type_1.bin |
slic doesn't exist for me, do I just remove it or is there an alternative?
This is expected for newer windows versions. Just skip it and use what you have.
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slic doesn't exist for me, do I just remove it or is there an alternative?