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--- linux:apps:kvm [2025/09/21 12:22] – [Libvirt default network] oscar
+++ linux:apps:kvm [2025/10/21 20:15] (current) – oscar
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 ====== KVM ======
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+----
 ===== Installation =====
 Install all the required for the installation of Qemu, KVM hypervisor, and Libvirt
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 ===== Shrink KVM  qcow2 image =====
   qemu-img convert -O qcow2 source.qcow2 shrunk.qcow2
-===== Links =====
+===== Make SATA disk available in Windows Client =====
+To make a SATA disk partition available in a Windows VM add the disk to the domain’s xml config file by hand. First find the id of the partition that you want to add. Rather than using /dev/sda you should use /dev/disk/by-id/ where you get from
+   ls -l /dev/disk/by-id
+Now edit the ///etc/libvirt/qemu/${YOUR_VM}.xml// file and add a <disk> section to the <devices> section:
+<code>
+# nano /etc/libvirt/qemu/${YOUR_VM}.xml
+or
+virsh edit ${YOUR_VM}
+----------------------------------------------
+<disk type='block' device='disk'>
+    <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
+    <source dev='/dev/disk/by-id/{the-partition-id}'/>
+    <target dev='vdb' bus='virtio'/>
+</disk>
+</code>
+This will make the host’s partition available in the guest as /dev/vdb (D:). After changing a domain’s config by hand, you have to reload the config by hand. Log in to your host and issue this command:
+  # virsh define /etc/libvirt/qemu/${YOUR_VM}.xml
+  Domain YOUR_VM defined from /etc/libvirt/qemu/${YOUR_VM}.xml
+===== Links =====
   * [[https://wiki.debian.org/KVM#Installation]]