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The -c flag enables compression. A 10GB image with 4GB of data compresses to ~2GB.

20GB is generally plenty for Windows XP, but you can increase this to 40GB if you plan to install many games or apps. 2. Start the Installation i--- Windows Xp Qcow2

: qemu-img convert -f vdi -O qcow2 source.vdi target.qcow2 The -c flag enables compression

qemu-system-x86_64 \ -hda winxp.qcow2 \ -cdrom winxp.iso \ -boot d \ -m 512 \ -cpu host \ -net nic,model=rtl8139 \ -net user \ -vga cirrus Use code with caution. i--- Windows Xp Qcow2

Windows XP (SP3) – Qcow2 Image for QEMU/KVM

A standard command to boot the installer with the QCOW2 image might look like this: