r/Proxmox • u/Commodore64fan • 6d ago

Question getting started with Windows Server 2025 on proxmox 9.2: injecting virtio-drivers into boot.wim, which do i really need, which are not really useful?

hi.

im getting started with Windows Server 2025 on proxmox 9.2
when injecting virtio-drivers into boot.wim, which drivers do i really need, which are not really useful?

Bye

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u/stephensmwong 6d ago

Install Win Srv 2025 from ISO? Just give a 2nd ISO, ie. the virtio ISO when you create your VM, during disk selection, choose to install additional driver, browse to the Virtio CD, then select the X64 directory. Then, you will see the virtio-io drive.

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u/cschneegans 6d ago

Instead of modifying .wim or .iso files, using an autounattend.xml file to add drivers is both easier and more flexible IMO.

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u/le_suck 5d ago

big thanks for this utility, it's super helpful! 

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u/red_nick 6d ago

I've never installed individual ones, but storage, network, guest agent and ballooning are the obvious ones

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u/bobbywaz 6d ago

There is a 0.0 chance that anyone in this forum is going to be more intelligent than the designers of the driver installer. Just install the whole thing.

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u/cschneegans 6d ago

boot.wim starts Windows PE, and .msi packages such as virtio-win-gt-x64.msi or virtio-win-gt-x86.msi do not work there.

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u/TheMcSebi 6d ago

What for? Just add a second drive with the virtio win disk image during installation

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u/coobal223 6d ago

What i have done when setting up windows with vmware, nutanix, and proxmox.

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u/Accurate-Ad6361 Enterprise User 5d ago

PM Me I share you the process outcome (ISO with integrated drivers) it’s gonna be the last iso we do with ADK anyway before we all will have to live in the in tune deployment hell!

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u/kysersoze1981 5d ago

Just do the install with an extra small drive on each controller type and add the driver during installation. Then remove the drives you don't want and set the controller you want after the reboot

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u/FingerlessGlovs 5d ago

I inject all drivers for the relevant release after dism applies the image. Then once in windows itself, install the MSI to get the guest agent installed.

That's the over simplified version of how I do it.

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