[Question]: how to install windows on network drive?

[AyushSaxena-Tech]

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Hi All,
Following is my docker.yaml contents
services:
windows:
image: dockurr/windows
container_name: windows_container_sharedrive
environment:
VERSION: "win11"
RAM_SIZE: "6G"
CPU_CORES: "4"
devices:
- /dev/kvm
cap_add:
- NET_ADMIN
ports:
- 8006:8006
- 3389:3389/tcp
- 3389:3389/udp
volumes:
- mywindowsvolume:/storage
stop_grace_period: 2m

volumes:
mywindowsvolume:
external: true

and command I use to create mywindowsvolume is
docker volume create --driver local --opt type=cifs --opt device=//192.168.1.98/plex/docker/Windows --opt o=user=dockeruser,password='xxxxxxxx' mywindowsvolume

when I try to run it using
docker-compose -f .\Docker_yml_files\Windows.yml up

I am getting
windows_container_sharedrive | ❯ Starting Windows for Docker v4.00...
windows_container_sharedrive | ❯ For support visit https://github.com/dockur/windows
windows_container_sharedrive | ❯ CPU: 12th Gen Intel Core TM i9 12900HK | RAM: 14/16 GB | DISK: 6849 GB (smb2) | HOST: 5.15.153.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2...
windows_container_sharedrive |
windows_container_sharedrive | ❯ Booting Windows using QEMU v9.1.0...
windows_container_sharedrive | qemu-system-x86_64: Could not update PFLASH: Permission denied
windows_container_sharedrive | ❯ ERROR: Timeout while waiting for QEMU to boot the machine!
windows_container_sharedrive | qemu-system-x86_64: terminating on signal 15 from pid 215 ()
windows_container_sharedrive | ❯ Shutdown completed!

I have already given all access to folder where it is trying to create windows os files (attached)

what am I missing here?

[kroese]

Looks like it has problems writing to mywindowsvolume, maybe because it is on a network share.

[AyushSaxena-Tech]

Looks like it has problems writing to mywindowsvolume, maybe because it is on a network share.

I have mapped the dive on windows machine and can create delete files and used same user to create the volume in docker.