We finished CentOS installation on first part. I’ll show you how to install Hyper-V LIC and mouse support.

Step 16: After installation reboot server and using keyboard, stay at GRUB menu. Press “e” to edit.

Step 17: Select kernel and press “e” again to edit kernel arguments.

Step 18: Go to end and type “3” to boot in multi user mode without graphical interface. Press “Enter” to save changes.

Step 19: Select kernel again and press “b” button to boot from that kernel.

Step 20: Login with root username and password. Type “uname -a” to see your kernel.

Step 21: Try to ping an ip address to check your network connection.

Step 22: Type the commands below to download integration components.

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cd /home
wget http://www.yusufozturk.info/linux/tools/LinuxICv21.tar
tar -xvf LinuxICv21.tar

Step 23: After untar, go into “LinuxICv21” directory and check files.

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cd LinuxICv21
ls

Step 24: Install adjtimex for time source.

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rpm -ivh adjtimex-1.20-2.1.x86_64.rpm

Step 25: After adjtimex installation, type “make”.

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make

Step 26: Type “make install” to install Linux IC v21.

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make install

Step 27: After installation, you should be sure that VMBUS is started.

Step 28: Install Satori for mouse support.

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cd satori
./setup.pl inputdriver

Step 29: If you don’t have “xorg-x11-server-sdk”, install it with yum install.

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yum install xorg-x11-server-sdk

Step 30: Try to install Satori again after yum installation.

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./setup.pl inputdriver

Step 31: Go to eth0 configuration and edit it.

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nano /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

Step 32: Change eth0 to seth0 for synthetic device support. Also note MAC address.

Step 33: Change device config name as seth0.

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cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
mv ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-seth0

Step 34: Turn off VM and go to Network Adapter Settings. Remove emulated device.

Step 35: Add a new synthetic network adapter with same MAC address and VlanID. But make MacID static.

Step 36: You can also increase vCPU count.

Step 37: Start your VM. Now mouse support and synthetic network device support is available in CentOS.