May 10, 20188 yr Ok, I've tried every conceive-able thing and no matter what I do, I cannot get OVMF to work. I've tried running: fs0: cd efi cd boot bootx64.efi Just goes back to the shell. Im on Unraid 6.5.1 - trying to install a windows 10 iso for a VM using QVMF instead of seaBIOS. I've gone into device boot manager and it does the same loop and never seems to actually install from the Windows ISO (downloaded directly from MS's website) What am I missing here? My Server is running on a SuperMicro X10SAE motherboard running a Xeon E3-1241v3 CPU (supports VT-d and VT-x) Edited May 11, 20188 yr by MowMdown
May 10, 20188 yr I noticed once when I was setting up a new Windows VM with the ISO I had available that it prompted me for 1/4 second to press a key to boot from the ISO, and then went to the EFI shell. I rebooted, very quickly loaded up a VNC window, and just started banging away. Took a couple of tries but I eventually got it.
May 10, 20188 yr 35 minutes ago, Squid said: I noticed once when I was setting up a new Windows VM with the ISO I had available that it prompted me for 1/4 second to press a key to boot from the ISO, and then went to the EFI shell. I rebooted, very quickly loaded up a VNC window, and just started banging away. Took a couple of tries but I eventually got it. This is why I would like an option that would cause a VM to stop and wait for a key press from the VNC windows to proceed with the VM boot. Or maybe the ability to open the VNC window before you start the VM.
May 11, 20188 yr Author 3 hours ago, Squid said: I noticed once when I was setting up a new Windows VM with the ISO I had available that it prompted me for 1/4 second to press a key to boot from the ISO, and then went to the EFI shell. I rebooted, very quickly loaded up a VNC window, and just started banging away. Took a couple of tries but I eventually got it. Wow... This actually worked... I swear watching @gridrunner's video he mentioned to NOT press anything. Either way you saved me from blowing up my server.
May 11, 20188 yr I think the windows ISOs actually check for partitions on your HDDs during bootup. If it finds nothing it continues to boot the ISO otherwise it shows that woefully instantaneous prompt. I remember I had a PC with a very slow starting LCD display, I almost never saw the BIOS prompts because of the time it took the LCD to come up after restarting the PC. I actually had to make it restart (Ctrl-Alt-Del) mid startup of the BIOS so I could see something.
May 11, 20188 yr 5 hours ago, ken-ji said: I think the windows ISOs actually check for partitions on your HDDs during bootup. If it finds nothing it continues to boot the ISO otherwise it shows that woefully instantaneous prompt. I remember I had a PC with a very slow starting LCD display, I almost never saw the BIOS prompts because of the time it took the LCD to come up after restarting the PC. I actually had to make it restart (Ctrl-Alt-Del) mid startup of the BIOS so I could see something. Yes if the hard drive has an existing partition/partitions the iso will not autorun but ask to press a key to boot. Strange that happened for @MowMdown as a newly created vdisk has no partitions?
May 11, 20188 yr Author 15 hours ago, gridrunner said: Yes if the hard drive has an existing partition/partitions the iso will not autorun but ask to press a key to boot. Strange that happened for @MowMdown as a newly created vdisk has no partitions? When it would first boot up I would get the "Press any key to boot DVD or CD....." and it would just roll into the EFI Shell screen. It only started to boot into the Windows Install screens if I hit a key to interrupt the message.
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