Windows 10 Lite Qcow2 ~upd~ -

Technical Report: Windows 10 Lite Qcow2 for KVM

Quick Start (QEMU)

qemu-system-x86_64 \
  -drive file=windows10-lite.qcow2,format=qcow2 \
  -accel kvm \
  -m 2048 \
  -cpu host \
  -net nic -net user \
  -vga qxl

Enable compression (for archived copies)

qemu-img convert -c -O qcow2 windows10-lite.qcow2 windows10-lite-compressed.qcow2

Windows 10 Lite (Qcow2): Lightweight Virtualization Guide

3. Requirements

• Host OS: Linux with KVM support (Ubuntu/Debian/Fedora/Proxmox)
• CPU: x86_64 with VT‑x/AMD‑V
• Host RAM: Minimum 2 GB free (4 GB recommended)
• Disk space: ~10 GB for the VM + snapshots
• Software: qemu-kvm, libvirt, virt-manager or qemu-img/qemu-system-x86_64