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Message #17944
Re: Finding/Making Windows 7 Images for OpenStack
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Mark Lehrer <mark@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> for OpenStack? I know it's supposed to be as easy as using kvm to
>>> install it initially (as per the OpenStack docs) then importing that
>>> image into glance, but there are some subtle things that I might be
>
>
> Nope, it is indeed that simple. Make sure you use the same hardware
> settings as Openstack for the nic and disk and configure DHCP.
It certainly might be that simple for a single instance, but I had
trouble reusing that instance without using sysprep and generalize.
Thanks,
Curtis.
>
> However, activation and licensing can be annoying. We are considering using
> the datacenter edition here for this reason.
>
> Mark
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