Run Windows XP retro gaming on modern PC using Proxmox VM or Qemu in Linux

[david]

youtu.be/6lCulC7tdvg


youtu.be/8tR6TmPteQg

Proxmox host hardware is:
CPU - Ryzen 5950 16 core 32T
Ram - 128GB Ram Kingston 4x32GB 3400Mhz CL16
MB - Asus PRIME X570-PRO
PSU - 850W Seasonic
I tested with Radeon 7950 gpu`s.They both works in this way.

Proxmox config:

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boot: order=ide0
cores: 4
cpu: host
hostpci0: 0000:09:00
ide0: hdd1T:110/vm-110-disk-0.qcow2,size=128G
ide2: none,media=cdrom
machine: pc-i440fx-8.0
memory: 4096
meta: creation-qemu=8.0.2,ctime=1750689161
name: xp
net0: rtl8139=DA:B6:8C:B9:80:86,bridge=vmbr1,firewall=1
numa: 0
ostype: wxp
scsi0: hdd1T:110/vm-110-disk-1.qcow2,size=200G
smbios1: uuid=d6cad54c-97dd-44cd-9156-86ede7474648
sockets: 1
usb0: host=1-1.3
usb1: host=3-1

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GPU i used in the video Radeon 7950 i think is perfect for retro games from 2000 up to 2015!


Asus PRIME X570-PRO support 2 x PCIe 4.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8) that can be used in proxmox!



youtu.be/CZ7CcXMbWhg

[david]

Qemu 10 example for windows XP on void linux:

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qemu-system-x86_64 \
  -machine type=pc-i440fx-10.0,accel=kvm \
  -cpu host,kvm=on \
  -smp 4 \
  -m 4096 \
  -bios /usr/share/qemu/bios.bin \
  -device vfio-pci,host=01:00.0,multifunction=on,romfile=/home/void/tahiti.rom \
  -device vfio-pci,host=01:00.1 \
  -drive file=/run/media/void/arch-knvme/winxp.qcow2,if=ide,media=disk,format=qcow2 \
  -drive file=/run/media/void/arch-knvme/winxp2.qcow2,if=ide,media=disk,format=qcow2 \
  -usb \
  -device usb-host,vendorid=0x248a,productid=0x00da \
  -rtc base=localtime \
  -usb -device usb-tablet \
  -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net user

GPU i used in the video Radeon 7950:

If you wana learn how to install qemu with GPU passed to the virtual mashine on void linux visit the link:
viewtopic.php?p=373&sid=ecc5f887407d297 ... 03043#p373