Hi Team,
Greetings!
I recently switched from Windows and installed Manjaro OS on my system. While installing the basic applications, I got stuck with applications like - Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office Suite, and many others.
After searching on Google, I figured out that I can run these Windows apps, by installing “KVM” on Manjaro.
I followed this guide here -
https://www.fosslinux.com/2484/how-to-install-virtual-machine-manager-kvm-in-manjaro-and-arch-linux.htm
to successfully install KVM.
However, when I select any Windows image (.iso) file and try running the virtual machine, I get stuck with the following error:
Unable to complete install: 'Cannot access storage file '/run/media/mathur/Jaipur Home/Technical/Operating Systems/Windows OS/Windows 8.1 Pro Update 3 [x86 & x64] JAN-2021.iso': No such file or directory'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py", line 72, in cb_wrapper
callback(asyncjob, *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/createvm.py", line 2008, in _do_async_install
installer.start_install(guest, meter=meter)
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/install/installer.py", line 695, in start_install
domain = self._create_guest(
File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtinst/install/installer.py", line 637, in _create_guest
domain = self.conn.createXML(initial_xml or final_xml, 0)
File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 4400, in createXML
raise libvirtError('virDomainCreateXML() failed')
libvirt.libvirtError: Cannot access storage file '/run/media/mathur/Jaipur Home/Technical/Operating Systems/Windows OS/Windows 8.1 Pro Update 3 [x86 & x64] JAN-2021 Pre-Activated.iso': No such file or directory
I have tried editing the “qemu.conf” file using the steps listed here:
https://ostechnix.com/solved-cannot-access-storage-file-permission-denied-error-in-kvm-libvirt/
but even after changing the ‘user’ and ‘group’ directives to ‘my username’ and ‘libvirt’, I still get the same error.
Can someone please guide me as to where am I getting wrong?
NOTE: I have tried this with Windows 8.1, Win-10, and even Windows 11 .ISO files.
Look forward to some quick assistance from the experts.
Regards,
Manu Mathur