# sled 12 kvm

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/sled-12-kvm/28614>\
**Category:** SLED Applications\
**Created:** [September 7, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sled-12-kvm/28614 "2016-09-07T12:13:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![mmaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@mmaher](https://forums.suse.com/u/mmaher)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sled-12-kvm/28614/1 "2016-09-07T12:13:20Z")

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hi ,  
i am new using suse linux enterprise 12 sp1 and i want to know how to create vm on it i tried using command vminstall& after installing vm packages , it works fine using GUI but i found a problem choosing the operating system i want to instal windows 8 x64 on the vm , i am asking if there is a way to boot from bootable usb stick having windows 8 or what is the way exactly ??

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**Author:** ![ab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@ab1](https://forums.suse.com/u/ab1)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/sled-12-kvm/28614/2 "2016-09-07T13:35:01Z")

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Have you tried using virt-manager to do the initial setup? It’s a  
GUI-based tool, but since you’re on SLED I presume you have a GUI. Be  
sure to run as ‘root’, or be able to enter the ‘root’ user’s password in  
order to connect to the KVM environment via virt-manager (joining a group  
may work as well, but I’ve forgotten if that’s KVM or only VirtualBox).

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Good luck.

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