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So I changed the Machine Type to Q35-2.6 and it starts working. What is the disadvantage of using a very old virtual hardware model? Final working settings for Citrix NetScaler VPX 14.1 on unraid <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <domain type='kvm' id='22'> <name>FreeBSD</name> <uuid>ace80152-688b-6e1c-5c51-432725bb6792</uuid> <metadata> <vmtemplate xmlns="unraid" name="FreeBSD" iconold="freebsd.png" icon="freebsd.png" os="freebsd" webui="" storage="default"/> </metadata> <memory unit='KiB'>4194304</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>4194304</currentMemory> <memoryBacking> <nosharepages/> </memoryBacking> <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu> <cputune> <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='0'/> <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='1'/> </cputune> <resource> <partition>/machine</partition> </resource> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-2.6'>hvm</type> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> </features> <cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='none' migratable='on'> <topology sockets='1' dies='1' clusters='1' cores='1' threads='2'/> <cache mode='passthrough'/> <feature policy='require' name='topoext'/> </cpu> <clock offset='utc'> <timer name='hpet' present='no'/> <timer name='hypervclock' present='no'/> <timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/> <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/> </clock> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/local/sbin/qemu</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='writeback' discard='ignore'/> <source file='/mnt/cache/vm/netscaler/NSVPX-KVM-14.1-51.72_nc_64.qcow2' index='1'/> <backingStore/> <target dev='hdc' bus='virtio'/> <serial>vdisk1</serial> <boot order='1'/> <alias name='virtio-disk2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </disk> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'> <alias name='usb'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x7'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci1'> <alias name='usb'/> <master startport='0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci2'> <alias name='usb'/> <master startport='2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x1'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci3'> <alias name='usb'/> <master startport='4'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'> <alias name='pcie.0'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='1' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='1' port='0x8'/> <alias name='pci.1'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='2' port='0x9'/> <alias name='pci.2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='3' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='3' port='0xa'/> <alias name='pci.3'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='4' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='4' port='0xb'/> <alias name='pci.4'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x3'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='5' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='5' port='0xc'/> <alias name='pci.5'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x4'/> </controller> <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'> <alias name='virtio-serial0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </controller> <controller type='sata' index='0'> <alias name='ide'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1f' function='0x2'/> </controller> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:cb:cb:1f'/> <source bridge='br0'/> <target dev='vnet19'/> <model type='virtio-net'/> <alias name='net0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <source path='/dev/pts/0'/> <target type='isa-serial' port='0'> <model name='isa-serial'/> </target> <alias name='serial0'/> </serial> <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/0'> <source path='/dev/pts/0'/> <target type='serial' port='0'/> <alias name='serial0'/> </console> <channel type='unix'> <source mode='bind' path='/run/libvirt/qemu/channel/22-FreeBSD/org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/> <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0' state='disconnected'/> <alias name='channel0'/> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/> </channel> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'> <alias name='input0'/> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='1'/> </input> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'> <alias name='input1'/> </input> <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'> <alias name='input2'/> </input> <graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes' websocket='5700' listen='0.0.0.0' sharePolicy='ignore'> <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/> </graphics> <audio id='1' type='none'/> <video> <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='16384' vgamem='16384' heads='1' primary='yes'/> <alias name='video0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1e' function='0x0'/> </video> <watchdog model='itco' action='reset'> <alias name='watchdog0'/> </watchdog> <memballoon model='virtio'> <alias name='balloon0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> <seclabel type='dynamic' model='dac' relabel='yes'> <label>+0:+100</label> <imagelabel>+0:+100</imagelabel> </seclabel> </domain>

Hi Simon, The above problem is fixed by using seabios, thanks! Only now I get a Kernel error: Any idea?

I created a VM in Unraid using a custom qcow2 vdisk but the vm is not booting. It is booting in EFI shell. It is an NetScaler VPX VM. Who can help me? Thanks. I downloaded the KVM based image from the vendor's site, they also included an XML file for the qcow2 disk: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <domain type='kvm'> <name>NetScaler-VPX</name> <memory>2097152</memory> <vcpu>2</vcpu> <os> <type arch='x86_64'>hvm</type> <boot dev='hd'/> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> <pae/> </features> <clock offset='utc'/> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2'/> <source file='NSVPX-KVM-14.1-51.72_nc_64.qcow2'/> <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/> </disk> <controller type='ide' index='0'> </controller> <interface type='direct'> <mac address='52:54:00:29:74:b3'/> <source dev='eth0' mode='bridge'/> <model type='virtio'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'/> <console type='pty'/> <graphics type='vnc' autoport='yes'/> </devices> </domain> VM Settings Form View VM Settings XML View <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <domain type='kvm'> <name>FreeBSD</name> <uuid>73afac84-725e-a86b-59d9-424b6a968368</uuid> <metadata> <vmtemplate xmlns="http://unraid" name="FreeBSD" iconold="freebsd.png" icon="freebsd.png" os="freebsd" webui="" storage="default"/> </metadata> <memory unit='KiB'>2097152</memory> <currentMemory unit='KiB'>2097152</currentMemory> <memoryBacking> <nosharepages/> </memoryBacking> <vcpu placement='static'>2</vcpu> <cputune> <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='0'/> <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='1'/> </cputune> <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-4.2'>hvm</type> <loader readonly='yes' type='pflash' format='raw'>/usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd</loader> <nvram format='raw'>/etc/libvirt/qemu/nvram/73afac84-725e-a86b-59d9-424b6a968368_VARS-pure-efi.fd</nvram> </os> <features> <acpi/> <apic/> </features> <cpu mode='host-passthrough' check='none' migratable='on'> <topology sockets='1' dies='1' clusters='1' cores='1' threads='2'/> <cache mode='passthrough'/> <feature policy='require' name='topoext'/> </cpu> <clock offset='utc'> <timer name='hpet' present='no'/> <timer name='hypervclock' present='no'/> <timer name='pit' tickpolicy='delay'/> <timer name='rtc' tickpolicy='catchup'/> </clock> <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff> <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot> <on_crash>restart</on_crash> <devices> <emulator>/usr/local/sbin/qemu</emulator> <disk type='file' device='disk'> <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='writeback' discard='unmap'/> <source file='/mnt/cache/vm/netscaler/NSVPX-KVM-14.1-51.72_nc_64.qcow2'/> <target dev='hdc' bus='virtio'/> <serial>vdisk1</serial> <boot order='1'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </disk> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-ehci1'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x7'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci1'> <master startport='0'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci2'> <master startport='2'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x1'/> </controller> <controller type='usb' index='0' model='ich9-uhci3'> <master startport='4'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x07' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='sata' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1f' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/> <controller type='pci' index='1' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='1' port='0x8'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='2' port='0x9'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x1'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='3' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='3' port='0xa'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x2'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='4' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='4' port='0xb'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x3'/> </controller> <controller type='pci' index='5' model='pcie-root-port'> <model name='pcie-root-port'/> <target chassis='5' port='0xc'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x4'/> </controller> <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </controller> <interface type='bridge'> <mac address='52:54:00:e5:de:47'/> <source bridge='br0'/> <model type='virtio-net'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </interface> <serial type='pty'> <target type='isa-serial' port='0'> <model name='isa-serial'/> </target> </serial> <console type='pty'> <target type='serial' port='0'/> </console> <channel type='unix'> <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/> </channel> <input type='tablet' bus='usb'> <address type='usb' bus='0' port='1'/> </input> <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/> <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/> <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' websocket='-1' listen='0.0.0.0' sharePolicy='ignore'> <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/> </graphics> <audio id='1' type='none'/> <video> <model type='qxl' ram='65536' vram='16384' vgamem='16384' heads='1' primary='yes'/> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1e' function='0x0'/> </video> <watchdog model='itco' action='reset'/> <memballoon model='virtio'> <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/> </memballoon> </devices> </domain> VM LOG blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/mnt/cache/vm/netscaler/NSVPX-KVM-14.1-51.72_nc_64.S20250912172958qcow2","node-name":"libvirt-1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap","cache":{"direct":false,"no-flush":false}}' \ -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-1-format","read-only":false,"cache":{"direct":false,"no-flush":false},"driver":"qcow2","file":"libvirt-1-storage","backing":"libvirt-2-format"}' \ -device '{"driver":"virtio-blk-pci","bus":"pci.3","addr":"0x0","drive":"libvirt-1-format","id":"virtio-disk2","bootindex":1,"write-cache":"on","serial":"vdisk1"}' \ -netdev '{"type":"tap","fd":"44","id":"hostnet0"}' \ -device '{"driver":"virtio-net","netdev":"hostnet0","id":"net0","mac":"52:54:00:f2:33:62","bus":"pci.1","addr":"0x0"}' \ -chardev pty,id=charserial0 \ -device '{"driver":"isa-serial","chardev":"charserial0","id":"serial0","index":0}' \ -chardev socket,id=charchannel0,fd=42,server=on,wait=off \ -device '{"driver":"virtserialport","bus":"virtio-serial0.0","nr":1,"chardev":"charchannel0","id":"channel0","name":"org.qemu.guest_agent.0"}' \ -device '{"driver":"usb-tablet","id":"input0","bus":"usb.0","port":"1"}' \ -audiodev '{"id":"audio1","driver":"none"}' \ -vnc 0.0.0.0:0,websocket=5700,share=ignore,audiodev=audio1 \ -device '{"driver":"qxl-vga","id":"video0","max_outputs":1,"ram_size":67108864,"vram_size":16777216,"vram64_size_mb":0,"vgamem_mb":16,"bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x1e"}' \ -global ICH9-LPC.noreboot=off \ -watchdog-action reset \ -device '{"driver":"virtio-balloon-pci","id":"balloon0","bus":"pci.4","addr":"0x0"}' \ -sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \ -msg timestamp=on 2025-09-12 15:31:04.872+0000: Domain id=17 is tainted: high-privileges 2025-09-12 15:31:04.872+0000: Domain id=17 is tainted: deprecated-config (machine type 'pc-q35-4.0') char device redirected to /dev/pts/0 (label charserial0) 2025-09-12T15:31:04.946221Z qemu-system-x86_64: warning: Machine type 'pc-q35-4.0' is deprecated: machines more than 3 years old are subject to deletion after 6 years 2025-09-12T15:31:25.978200Z qemu-system-x86_64: terminating on signal 15 from pid 316899 (libvirtd) 2025-09-12 15:31:26.178+0000: shutting down, reason=destroyed 2025-09-12 15:42:09.399+0000: shutting down, reason=failed 2025-09-12 15:42:18.626+0000: shutting down, reason=failed 2025-09-12 15:42:26.523+0000: starting up libvirt version: 11.2.0, qemu version: 9.2.3, kernel: 6.12.24-Unraid, hostname: nasrens LC_ALL=C \ PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin \ HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-20-FreeBSD \ XDG_DATA_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-20-FreeBSD/.local/share \ XDG_CACHE_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-20-FreeBSD/.cache \ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-20-FreeBSD/.config \ /usr/local/sbin/qemu \ -name guest=FreeBSD,debug-threads=on \ -S \ -object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-20-FreeBSD/master-key.aes"}' \ -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \ -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash0-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash0-storage"}' \ -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/etc/libvirt/qemu/nvram/53af5e6b-94d1-f7da-0948-0dd851b67a5d_VARS-pure-efi.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","read-only":false}' \ -machine pc-q35-4.2,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,mem-merge=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-storage,hpet=off,acpi=on \ -accel kvm \ -cpu host,migratable=on,topoext=on,host-cache-info=on,l3-cache=off \ -m size=2097152k \ -object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"pc.ram","size":2147483648}' \ -overcommit mem-lock=off \ -smp 2,sockets=1,dies=1,clusters=1,cores=1,threads=2 \ -uuid 53af5e6b-94d1-f7da-0948-0dd851b67a5d \ -no-user-config \ -nodefaults \ -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=43,server=on,wait=off \ -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \ -rtc base=utc,driftfix=slew \ -global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=delay \ -no-shutdown \ -boot strict=on \ -device '{"driver":"pcie-root-port","port":8,"chassis":1,"id":"pci.1","bus":"pcie.0","multifunction":true,"addr":"0x1"}' \ -device '{"driver":"pcie-root-port","port":9,"chassis":2,"id":"pci.2","bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x1.0x1"}' \ -device '{"driver":"pcie-root-port","port":10,"chassis":3,"id":"pci.3","bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x1.0x2"}' \ -device '{"driver":"pcie-root-port","port":11,"chassis":4,"id":"pci.4","bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x1.0x3"}' \ -device '{"driver":"pcie-root-port","port":12,"chassis":5,"id":"pci.5","bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x1.0x4"}' \ -device '{"driver":"ich9-usb-ehci1","id":"usb","bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x7.0x7"}' \ -device '{"driver":"ich9-usb-uhci1","masterbus":"usb.0","firstport":0,"bus":"pcie.0","multifunction":true,"addr":"0x7"}' \ -device '{"driver":"ich9-usb-uhci2","masterbus":"usb.0","firstport":2,"bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x7.0x1"}' \ -device '{"driver":"ich9-usb-uhci3","masterbus":"usb.0","firstport":4,"bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x7.0x2"}' \ -device '{"driver":"virtio-serial-pci","id":"virtio-serial0","bus":"pci.2","addr":"0x0"}' \ -blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/mnt/cache/vm/netscaler/NSVPX-KVM-14.1-51.72_nc_64.qcow2","node-name":"libvirt-1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap","cache":{"direct":false,"no-flush":false}}' \ -blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-1-format","read-only":false,"discard":"unmap","cache":{"direct":false,"no-flush":false},"driver":"qcow2","file":"libvirt-1-storage","backing":null}' \ -device '{"driver":"virtio-blk-pci","bus":"pci.3","addr":"0x0","drive":"libvirt-1-format","id":"virtio-disk2","bootindex":1,"write-cache":"on","serial":"vdisk1"}' \ -netdev '{"type":"tap","fd":"44","vhost":true,"vhostfd":"46","id":"hostnet0"}' \ -device '{"driver":"virtio-net-pci","netdev":"hostnet0","id":"net0","mac":"52:54:00:e8:bb:9c","bus":"pci.1","addr":"0x0"}' \ -chardev pty,id=charserial0 \ -device '{"driver":"isa-serial","chardev":"charserial0","id":"serial0","index":0}' \ -chardev socket,id=charchannel0,fd=42,server=on,wait=off \ -device '{"driver":"virtserialport","bus":"virtio-serial0.0","nr":1,"chardev":"charchannel0","id":"channel0","name":"org.qemu.guest_agent.0"}' \ -device '{"driver":"usb-tablet","id":"input0","bus":"usb.0","port":"1"}' \ -audiodev '{"id":"audio1","driver":"none"}' \ -vnc 0.0.0.0:0,websocket=5700,share=ignore,audiodev=audio1 \ -device '{"driver":"qxl-vga","id":"video0","max_outputs":1,"ram_size":67108864,"vram_size":16777216,"vram64_size_mb":0,"vgamem_mb":16,"bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x1e"}' \ -global ICH9-LPC.noreboot=off \ -watchdog-action reset \ -device '{"driver":"virtio-balloon-pci","id":"balloon0","bus":"pci.4","addr":"0x0"}' \ -sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \ -msg timestamp=on 2025-09-12 15:42:26.523+0000: Domain id=20 is tainted: high-privileges 2025-09-12 15:42:26.524+0000: Domain id=20 is tainted: deprecated-config (machine type 'pc-q35-4.2') char device redirected to /dev/pts/0 (label charserial0) 2025-09-12T15:42:26.592539Z qemu-system-x86_64: warning: Machine type 'pc-q35-4.2' is deprecated: machines more than 3 years old are subject to deletion after 6 years 2025-09-12T15:45:07.515470Z qemu-system-x86_64: terminating on signal 15 from pid 316899 (libvirtd) 2025-09-12 15:45:07.716+0000: shutting down, reason=destroyed