Just built my first unRAID server, got it up and running, was following SpaceInvaderOne's video on setting up a windows 10 VM as a daily driver.

I got VM's enabled, setup my first VM with my win10 and virtio isos and hit start and nothing happens.  No window pops up,  it just says the VM is started but then nothing else. If i hit VNC remote I just get taken to a UEFI Interactive Shell screen.

 

Shouldn't a window be popping up showing the Win 10 install process on my vm?

 

Any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?

I believe most people got around the UEFI boot screen by using an up to date iso downloaded from m$.  Alternatively, you can also do something (commands very much off the top of my head and probably wrong

 

fs0:

cd \bootx64

bootx64.efi

 

I downloaded the iso Friday. On the shell the only directory in fd0 is an empty efi directory

What I see when it's running (vnc window on right)

 

Log from when i start it:

 

-smp 6,sockets=1,cores=6,threads=1 \
-uuid 7e41b9fa-e011-2a50-2da8-5d7b4c3c8979 \
-no-user-config \
-nodefaults \
-chardev socket,id=charmonitor,fd=33,server,nowait \
-mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control \
-rtc base=localtime \
-no-hpet \
-no-shutdown \
-boot strict=on \
-device ich9-usb-ehci1,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7.0x7 \
-device ich9-usb-uhci1,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=0,bus=pci.0,multifunction=on,addr=0x7 \
-device ich9-usb-uhci2,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=2,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7.0x1 \
-device ich9-usb-uhci3,masterbus=usb.0,firstport=4,bus=pci.0,addr=0x7.0x2 \
-device virtio-serial-pci,id=virtio-serial0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 \
-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/mnt/user/domains/Windows 10 Test/vdisk1.img","node-name":"libvirt-3-storage","cache":{"direct":false,"no-flush":false},"auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-3-format","read-only":false,"cache":{"direct":false,"no-flush":false},"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-3-storage"}' \
-device virtio-blk-pci,scsi=off,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5,drive=libvirt-3-format,id=virtio-disk2,bootindex=1,write-cache=on \
-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/mnt/user/isos/Win10_1909_English_x64.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 ide-cd,bus=ide.0,unit=0,drive=libvirt-2-format,id=ide0-0-0,bootindex=2 \
-blockdev '{"driver":"file","filename":"/mnt/user/isos/virtio-win-0.1.173-2.iso","node-name":"libvirt-1-storage","auto-read-only":true,"discard":"unmap"}' \
-blockdev '{"node-name":"libvirt-1-format","read-only":true,"driver":"raw","file":"libvirt-1-storage"}' \
-device ide-cd,bus=ide.0,unit=1,drive=libvirt-1-format,id=ide0-0-1 \
-netdev tap,fd=35,id=hostnet0,vhost=on,vhostfd=36 \
-device virtio-net-pci,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:1f:11:95,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3 \
-chardev pty,id=charserial0 \
-device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 \
-chardev socket,id=charchannel0,fd=37,server,nowait \
-device virtserialport,bus=virtio-serial0.0,nr=1,chardev=charchannel0,id=channel0,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0 \
-device usb-tablet,id=input0,bus=usb.0,port=1 \
-vnc 0.0.0.0:0,websocket=5700 \
-k en-us \
-device qxl-vga,id=video0,ram_size=67108864,vram_size=67108864,vram64_size_mb=0,vgamem_mb=16,max_outputs=1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2 \
-device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x6 \
-sandbox on,obsolete=deny,elevateprivileges=deny,spawn=deny,resourcecontrol=deny \
-msg timestamp=on
2020-02-02 16:09:39.853+0000: Domain id=2 is tainted: high-privileges
2020-02-02 16:09:39.853+0000: Domain id=2 is tainted: host-cpu
char device redirected to /dev/pts/0 (label charserial0)

Ok, I just wasnt getting into the VNC fast enough to see and "hit any key to boot from..." 

 

Damn do I feel like an idiot!

Sorry to dig this up, but I'm in the same boat. How do you even get into VNC at all? Is that something I have to install/configure separately, or is it built into unRAID? None of the tutorials or videos I've seen mention this step. It's like they expect us to just know it somehow...

37 minutes ago, Elmojo said:

Sorry to dig this up, but I'm in the same boat. How do you even get into VNC at all? Is that something I have to install/configure separately, or is it built into unRAID?

It's built in in unraid no need to install other things, in unraid in your vm tab, click on your vm icon and choose vnc viewer, this will open a new browser tab connecting to your vm screen. Obviously you need to configure your vm to use vnc for the graphics.

Edited May 13, 20215 yr by ghost82

Well how about that! For some reason, the first couple times I started the VM, I didn't get that "VM Remote" option, but now I see it.

I guess all I had to do was post here! You know, kinda like taking your car to the mechanic miraculously seems to fix that sound it's been making for the past 3 weeks... lol

Thanks, I'll all set now.