I'm doing something wrong here but I just can't figure it out. I'm trying to create a brand new Windows 10 VM from scratch. I have the latest VirtIO driver iso and set the following:

• Primary vDisk Location: Auto
• Primary vDisk Bus: VirtIO
• Boot Order: 1

Windows doesn't detect any drives to install to, even when I try loading drivers from the VirtIO iso. If I change the vDisk Bus to SATA, it works and Windows shows a drive to install to. My understanding is that VirtIO is superior but regardless...what am I doing wrong? Why can't I install Windows 10 using VirtIO?
Any help will be greatly appreciated! Thank you

50 minutes ago, eliminatrix2 said:

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

When you select browse and goto the virtio cd did you select viostor->windows 10->amd64 assuming x64

 

 

5 minutes ago, SimonF said:

When you select browse and goto the virtio cd did you select viostor->windows 10->amd64 assuming x64

 

 

Yep I sure did! Did it a few times, tried different folders...the lot!

There are not many options for this not to work, make sure you are getting your Windows ISO from the Microsoft site, also get the US English release, sometimes there have been some strange issues with some localized releases, also that it's the 64 Bits release, then check the MD5 for the ISO on your Windows PC and confirm it matches after it's transferred to Unraid:

 

After downloading the file in Windows run in Powershell

certutil -hashfile path_to_file MD5

 

After transferring the file to Unraid run in the console:

md5sum path_to_file

 

Compare both results, they must be the same.

 

Do the same for the virtio ISO file you can get it from here:

https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/archive-virtio/?C=M;O=D

 

Get the same release than the one you're using with Unraid and compare the checksums.

 

17 hours ago, eliminatrix2 said:

tried different folders

 

This is the folder that you should use: \viostor\w10\adm64 folder

17 hours ago, eliminatrix2 said:

Yep I sure did! Did it a few times, tried different folders...the lot!

have you tried sata for cd instead of ide?

2 hours ago, JorgeB said:

After transferring the file to Unraid run in the console:

Errr....what's the syntax for listing the directory? It's in my 'isos' folder but I can't figure out how to write the directory properly in the Unraid console. I keep getting 'no such file or directory'

21 minutes ago, eliminatrix2 said:

It's in my 'isos' folder but I can't figure out how to write the directory properly in the Unraid console. I keep getting 'no such file or directory'

It should be under /mnt/user/isos/iso_name

15 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

It should be under /mnt/user/isos/iso_name

Completed the hash checks as per the instructions - they all match

Edited May 27, 20233 yr by eliminatrix2
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Try what SimonF mentioned.

1 minute ago, JorgeB said:

Try what SimonF mentioned.

Doing that now and I'm actually creating a video so youse can see for yourself!

6 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

Try what SimonF mentioned.

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I have been banging my head against this for like...two DAYS straight. That was me just facerolling over the keyboard. I switched it from IDE to SATA and now it's detecting the drive as it should. What the fudge cake banana.

10 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

Try what SimonF mentioned.

The frusrating thing about this whole situation was that I already had a Windows 10 VM, but it crashed. I'd start it up but it wouldn't boot into Windows. It would either go to the recovery menu or BSOD with inaccessible boot device. I'd had it for months and I'd followed a couple of SI1 videos setting up VirtFS but for the life of me, I couldn't remember how I got it to install Windows in the first place.
Now I'll remember - change IDE to SATA for the install CD / iso