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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 |
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Please use the correct command I have provided above, and here: https://gist.github.com/xrobau/d98fe46c4677e46577ba2f20f35b783b