Failing to install DietPi as VM on Unraid

[Helmi]

Hi everyone,

 

I'm trying to install DietPi as a VM on Unraid for a few hours now but I keep failing. I downloaded the Bullseye-Version of the PC/x86 image as I was told that this should be working without issues.

 

I created a VM using the ISO as installer ISO and creating a Sata-based disk image with sizes between 10G and 50G.

 

The installer starts and runs without any bigger errors as far as I can see. It shuts down in the process and doesn't start again. After manually restarting the VM the installer starts at the same position again. If I remove the installer ISO all I get is the UEFI boot manager. There are partitions that have been created by the installer, but booting doesn't seem to work and also the installer doesn't seem to recognize those partitions.

Any idea what might be going on?

 

Thx,
Helmi

EDIT:

 

Here's a copy of the VM log

 

2023-07-21 17:46:49.595+0000: starting up libvirt version: 8.7.0, qemu version: 7.1.0, kernel: 6.1.38-Unraid, hostname: Yoda
LC_ALL=C \
PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin \
HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-32-DietPiTest \
XDG_DATA_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-32-DietPiTest/.local/share \
XDG_CACHE_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-32-DietPiTest/.cache \
XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-32-DietPiTest/.config \
/usr/local/sbin/qemu \
-name guest=DietPiTest,debug-threads=on \
-S \
-object '{"qom-type":"secret","id":"masterKey0","format":"raw","file":"/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/domain-32-DietPiTest/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/0a147a2c-4680-bcb3-7ea9-e6c6916f4587_VARS-pure-efi.fd","node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-pflash1-format","read-only":false,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-pflash1-storage"}' \
-machine pc-q35-7.1,usb=off,dump-guest-core=off,mem-merge=off,memory-backend=pc.ram,pflash0=libvirt-pflash0-format,pflash1=libvirt-pflash1-format \
-accel kvm \
-cpu host,migratable=on,host-cache-info=on,l3-cache=off \
-m 4096 \
-object '{"qom-type":"memory-backend-ram","id":"pc.ram","size":4294967296}' \
-overcommit mem-lock=off \
-smp 1,sockets=1,dies=1,cores=1,threads=1 \
-uuid 0a147a2c-4680-bcb3-7ea9-e6c6916f4587 \
-no-user-config \
-nodefaults \
-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=40,server=on,wait=off \
-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
-rtc base=utc,driftfix=slew \
-global kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=delay \
-no-hpet \
-no-shutdown \
-boot strict=on \
-device '{"driver":"pcie-root-port","port":16,"chassis":1,"id":"pci.1","bus":"pcie.0","multifunction":true,"addr":"0x2"}' \
-device '{"driver":"pcie-root-port","port":17,"chassis":2,"id":"pci.2","bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x2.0x1"}' \
-device '{"driver":"pcie-root-port","port":18,"chassis":3,"id":"pci.3","bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x2.0x2"}' \
-device '{"driver":"pcie-root-port","port":19,"chassis":4,"id":"pci.4","bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x2.0x3"}' \
-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/user/isos/DietPi_NativePC-BIOS-x86_64-Bullseye_Installer.iso","node-name":"libvirt-2-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-2-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-2-storage"}' \
-device '{"driver":"ide-cd","bus":"ide.0","drive":"libvirt-2-format","id":"sata0-0-0","bootindex":2}' \
-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/mnt/user/domains/DietPiTest/vdisk1.img","node-name":"libvirt-1-storage","cache":{"direct":false,"no-flush":false},"auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-1-format","read-only":false,"cache":{"direct":false,"no-flush":false},"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-1-storage"}' \
-device '{"driver":"ide-hd","bus":"ide.2","drive":"libvirt-1-format","id":"sata0-0-2","bootindex":1,"write-cache":"on"}' \
-netdev tap,fd=41,id=hostnet0 \
-device '{"driver":"virtio-net","netdev":"hostnet0","id":"net0","mac":"52:54:00:b4:38:db","bus":"pci.1","addr":"0x0"}' \
-chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
-device '{"driver":"isa-serial","chardev":"charserial0","id":"serial0","index":0}' \
-chardev socket,id=charchannel0,fd=39,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 0.0.0.0:1,websocket=5701,audiodev=audio1 \
-k en-us \
-device '{"driver":"qxl-vga","id":"video0","max_outputs":1,"ram_size":67108864,"vram_size":67108864,"vram64_size_mb":0,"vgamem_mb":16,"bus":"pcie.0","addr":"0x1"}' \
-device '{"driver":"virtio-balloon-pci","id":"balloon0","bus":"pci.3","addr":"0x0"}' \
-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \
-msg timestamp=on
char device redirected to /dev/pts/2 (label charserial0)
qxl_send_events: spice-server bug: guest stopped, ignoring
2023-07-21T17:48:25.603374Z qemu-system-x86_64: terminating on signal 15 from pid 6456 (/usr/sbin/libvirtd)
2023-07-21 17:48:25.824+0000: shutting down, reason=shutdown

 

Edited July 21, 2023 by Helmi

[Kilrah]

Don't know this OS but it seems they offer 2 different x86_64 images for UEFI and BIOS, make sure to set the VM BIOS type to the one matching the image.

[Helmi]

Yeah, thanks - I just luckily found that SeaBios seems to be working. Looks like it's solved for now.