PVE 5.2 contains a newer version of OVMF (our used EFI implementation) with a lot of fixes, updating could help - but is certainly no guarantee - especially as your windows is already in the process of booting.
On 8/28/18 11:20 AM, lists wrote: > If, during windows iso boot, I press F8 for advanced options, and I select > safe mode, I can the last line displayed is: > > Loaded: \windows\system32\drivers\disk.sys > > Then progress stops. > > I changed the VM disk config from IDE to SCSI, to see if that made a > difference. But alas, no further progress... :-( > Hmm, maybe try SCSI but set the scsihw (SCSI Controller in the VM's Option Tab) to LSI 53C895A? Or SATA, Windows is often a bit picky about this stuff... > On 28-8-2018 10:59, lists wrote: >> Here is the VM config: >> >>> balloon: 0 >>> bios: ovmf >>> boot: dcn >>> bootdisk: ide0 >>> cores: 2 >>> efidisk0: local-btrfs:107/vm-107-disk-2.qcow2,size=128K >>> ide0: local-btrfs:107/vm-107-disk-1.qcow2,size=233G >>> ide2: local-btrfs:iso/win2008_enterprise_x64.iso,media=cdrom >>> memory: 8192 >>> name: win8-uefi >>> net0: e1000=BA:7F:7B:91:9B:1C,bridge=vmbr0 >>> numa: 0 >>> ostype: win8 >>> scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci >>> smbios1: uuid=626ef0a6-0161-492f-80b7-fbc437c4cdb2 >>> sockets: 2 You had a 2 socket with 2 cores each system on the bare metal setup? If not, please use 4 cores, suddenly having a NUMA system could also be a problem for windows. cheers, Thomas >> >> OS Type set to Windows 8.x/2012/2012r2 >> KVM Hardware virtualization: yes >> Freez cpu at startup: no >> Protection: no >> Qemu Agent: no >> Bus: IDE >> >> Anything else I need to tell? >> >> MJ >> >> On 28-8-2018 10:54, Lindsay Mathieson wrote: >>> What virtual hardware are you giving it? bus, disk etc. >>> >>> On 28/08/2018 6:06 PM, lists wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I am trying to move a physical windows 2008 enterprise uefi installation >>>> (Version 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002) into proxmox, and I'm getting >>>> nowhere. >>>> >>>> Tried all kinds of approaches, and this was my latest attempt: >>>> >>>> Creating a full system backup using windows backup, and then boot the >>>> windows install iso in proxmox, to perform a system restore from this >>>> backup into proxmox. >>>> >>>> But as soon as I enable uefi in my proxmox VM config, the windows iso no >>>> longer boots. However, the physical server IS this same OS in uefi mode, >>>> the combination should work, I guess. >>>> >>>> Anyone with a tip or a tric..? >>>> >>>> This is proxmox 4.4-20, so it's a bit older. I could try it on a fresh new >>>> proxmox 5.2 install, but first I wanted to ask here. >>>> >>>> Anyone? >>>> >>>> MJ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> pve-user mailing list >>>> pve-user@pve.proxmox.com >>>> https://pve.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-user >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> pve-user mailing list >> pve-user@pve.proxmox.com >> https://pve.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-user > _______________________________________________ > pve-user mailing list > pve-user@pve.proxmox.com > https://pve.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-user _______________________________________________ pve-user mailing list pve-user@pve.proxmox.com https://pve.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-user
