Windows 11 VM unable to boot

[chis34]

Hello everyone,

 

I'm a  new user of Unraid. I've have installed new server and created a VM with Windows 11. I have followed SpaceinvadersOne tutorial to do this.

 

I have a problem. My VM starts but it does not boot at all. Under VNC i can't see the boot screen (VNC screen attached) and on Unraid it seems no IP is affected to my VM.

 

Looking at VM Manager, i can see these errors on the LIBVIRT Log :

 

2022-10-18 21:40:50.120+0000: 4292: info : libvirt version: 8.7.0
2022-10-18 21:40:50.120+0000: 4292: info : hostname: Tower
2022-10-18 21:40:50.120+0000: 4292: error : qemuDomainAgentAvailable:8411 : Guest agent is not responding: QEMU guest agent is not connected
2022-10-18 21:41:57.923+0000: 4295: error : qemuDomainAgentAvailable:8411 : Guest agent is not responding: QEMU guest agent is not connected
2022-10-18 21:42:32.177+0000: 4294: error : qemuDomainAgentAvailable:8411 : Guest agent is not responding: QEMU guest agent is not connected
2022-10-18 22:00:17.039+0000: 4295: error : qemuDomainAgentAvailable:8411 : Guest agent is not responding: QEMU guest agent is not connected

 

Anyone ca help me or have an idea how to solve this problem ? 

 

[ich777]

Please post your Diagnostics and also which Youtube video you followed to set up the VM.

[chis34]

Hello,

 

I have followed those videos : 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNHVuY3JJ94

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIlWOjkDQwU

 

The only difference in first one is that i have used an .iso of Windows 11 downloaded from the Microsoft webSite. But it has nothing to do with the problem. I also need to say that i encounter as well this problem with an Ubuntu VM... and all of VMs...

 

Here is the diagnostic.

tower-diagnostics-20221019-1220.zip

Edited October 19, 2022 by chis34

[ich777]

1 hour ago, chis34 said:

I also need to say that i encounter as well this problem with an Ubuntu VM... and all of VMs...

Did you also choose OVMF TPM at the other VMs too or did you just use the default OVMF BIOS?

[chis34]

I have used OVMF for the Ubuntu VM.

Edited October 19, 2022 by chis34

[ich777]

29 minutes ago, chis34 said:

I have used OVMF for the Ubuntu VM.

Can you try if changing the machine type to i440fx changes anything?

 

Have you yet rebooted Unraid to see if this changes anything?

 

I would also suggest that you boot Unraid with Legacy (CSM) mode instead of UEFI.

[chis34]

Point 1 : Unable to change it, i have this message when i click on the apply button.

XML error: The device at PCI address 0000:00:02.3 cannot be plugged into the PCI controller with index='0'. It requires a controller that accepts a pcie-root-port.

 

Point 2 : Yes i did but no changes

 

Point 3 : I did change the BIos to Legacy, reboot Unraid but same result.

Edited October 19, 2022 by chis34

[ich777]

7 minutes ago, chis34 said:

Point 1 : Unable to change it, i have this message when i click on the apply button.

XML error: The device at PCI address 0000:00:02.3 cannot be plugged into the PCI controller with index='0'. It requires a controller that accepts a pcie-root-port.

Please try to recreate the VM.

 

@JorgeB do you have a clue what's going on here, Diagnostics are attached in the third post.

[chis34]

Ok did recreate the VM on Linux and now it works. I have changed the Bios (CSM) and the machine Type i440fx.

 

Thanks a lot for your help and your time ich777 ! 

 

 

[ich777]

20 minutes ago, chis34 said:

Thanks a lot for your help and your time ich777 ! 

Can you also try if the Windows 11 installation with TPM is working?

[chis34]

I created a new VM with Windows 11 with TPM avec i440fx. It displays on VNC  "press any key to boot" then no time to press that it jumps to this screen attached.

Edited October 19, 2022 by chis34

[JorgeB]

45 minutes ago, ich777 said:

JorgeB do you have a clue what's going on here, Diagnostics are attached in the third post.

Sorry, no, don't remember seeing that error before.

[ich777]

21 minutes ago, chis34 said:

I created a new VM with Windows 11 with TPM avec i440fx. It displays on VNC  "press any key to boot" then no time to press that it jumps to this screen attached.

Enter:

reset

 

in this shell and it should reboot the VM.

[chis34]

it works !!

[chis34]

Last question : how do i enable the network so that it is accessible on the VM. I'm stucked on the installation process as Windows is expecting a network connection ....

[JorgeB]

https://www.ghacks.net/2022/05/13/how-to-bypass-the-microsoft-account-requirement-during-windows-setup/

[JorgeB]

Continue reading, Bypass 1 option works for current release.

[chis34]

Thanks JorgeB, it worked ! 

[ich777]

36 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

Continue reading, Bypass 1 option works for current release.

Shouldn't it be also possible to select the "e1000" driver in the VM settings to have active Internet connection?

[JorgeB]

33 minutes ago, ich777 said:

Shouldn't it be also possible to select the "e1000" driver in the VM settings to have active Internet connection?

Most likely, but never tested.

[chis34]

I tried selecting "e1000" driver and i confirm it works, i have internet on the installation process.

[chis34]

Hi Guys,

 

Just progressing i'm almost done. Installed Windows 11, access with VNC on virtual GC perfect.

 

Then i tried to passthgrough my graphic card making changes to the setting. I boot with no problem but VM stucked at half of drivers Nvidia installation with a beautiful message : 

qemu-system-x86_64: vfio_region_write(0000:01:00.0:region1+0x34190, 0x0,1) failed: Device or resource busy

 

It seems the graphic card is already used by the host OS i think but how could i solve this problem ? 

[chis34]

The graphic card and sound are correctly bind to VFIO.

 

However when on my Windows VM i install the Nvidia drivers, he says he does not find any compatible graphic card so he refuses to install the drivers. I have checked the peripheral list and the graphics card NVIDIA RTX 3060 is not in the list.

 

=============================================================================================================================================

Loading config from /boot/config/vfio-pci.cfg
BIND=0000:01:00.0|10de:2504 0000:01:00.1|10de:228e
---
Processing 0000:01:00.0 10de:2504
Vendor:Device 10de:2504 found at 0000:01:00.0

IOMMU group members (sans bridges):
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/iommu_group/devices/0000:01:00.0
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/iommu_group/devices/0000:01:00.1

Binding...
Successfully bound the device 10de:2504 at 0000:01:00.0 to vfio-pci
---
Processing 0000:01:00.1 10de:228e
Vendor:Device 10de:228e found at 0000:01:00.1

IOMMU group members (sans bridges):
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.1/iommu_group/devices/0000:01:00.0
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.1/iommu_group/devices/0000:01:00.1

Binding...
0000:01:00.0 already bound to vfio-pci
0000:01:00.1 already bound to vfio-pci
Successfully bound the device 10de:228e at 0000:01:00.1 to vfio-pci
---
vfio-pci binding complete

Devices listed in /sys/bus/pci/drivers/vfio-pci:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Oct 19 20:05 0000:01:00.0 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Oct 19 20:05 0000:01:00.1 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1

Edited October 19, 2022 by chis34

[SimonF]

58 minutes ago, chis34 said:

The graphic card and sound are correctly bind to VFIO.

 

However when on my Windows VM i install the Nvidia drivers, he says he does not find any compatible graphic card so he refuses to install the drivers. I have checked the peripheral list and the graphics card NVIDIA RTX 3060 is not in the list.

 

=============================================================================================================================================

Loading config from /boot/config/vfio-pci.cfg
BIND=0000:01:00.0|10de:2504 0000:01:00.1|10de:228e
---
Processing 0000:01:00.0 10de:2504
Vendor:Device 10de:2504 found at 0000:01:00.0

IOMMU group members (sans bridges):
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/iommu_group/devices/0000:01:00.0
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/iommu_group/devices/0000:01:00.1

Binding...
Successfully bound the device 10de:2504 at 0000:01:00.0 to vfio-pci
---
Processing 0000:01:00.1 10de:228e
Vendor:Device 10de:228e found at 0000:01:00.1

IOMMU group members (sans bridges):
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.1/iommu_group/devices/0000:01:00.0
/sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.1/iommu_group/devices/0000:01:00.1

Binding...
0000:01:00.0 already bound to vfio-pci
0000:01:00.1 already bound to vfio-pci
Successfully bound the device 10de:228e at 0000:01:00.1 to vfio-pci
---
vfio-pci binding complete

Devices listed in /sys/bus/pci/drivers/vfio-pci:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Oct 19 20:05 0000:01:00.0 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    0 Oct 19 20:05 0000:01:00.1 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1

Not sure if this may help to add to syslinux video=efifb:off

[Ravi Parmar]

Hi Guys, I am running into exact same issue that chis34 has reported.  I have tried different combination of bios and drivers but no avail.  I have the exact same GPU as well.  For the life of me I can't seem to figure this out!  I thought I was the only guy who has this issue... but Thank you chis34 posting this.  I am having same exact problem.  Please someone help!