No ISO files will mount to start VM installation process


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I have tried installing several different virtual machines - POP OS, Windows 10, Windows 10 Ameliorated, Lubuntu, Fedora, and none of the ISOs will mount when I first start the Virtual Machine.  When i go into the VNC screen I get the following:

 

Booting from Hard Disk...

Boot failed: not a bootable disk

 

Booting from DVD/CD...

Boot failed: Could not read from CD-ROM (code 004)

No bootable device.

 

I have not got this to work with any virtual disk (I was able to boot a VM from a physical drive where the OS already exists - well sort of .... but that is another issue) so I assume not all these ISOs are bad.  Using SeaBIOS (OVF just takes me to a command prompt I cannot seem to do anything with) and I have tried a bunch of different machines, all the different choices for ISO interface (IDE, SATA, SCSI, etc.), 1 cpu or multiple cpus, using VNC or trying to pass through a second graphics card and USB controller, all 3 of the USB controller settings.  So very puzzled what is going on.  HVM and IOMMU are both showing enabled in info.  My motherboard is a ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) Version Rev X.0x with a Ryzen 3950 and 128 GB of team force RAM.  BIOS American Megatrends Inc. Version 1302. Dated: 01/20/2020. 

 

The ISOs are in share (named isos) on a 4 disk encrypted BTRFS 12 TB array (3 data/1 parity no cache drive ... yet - I have ordered some mew SSDs on the way; my existing SSD has another OS on it).  The iso folder is public and Export is yes.  I have 2 graphics cards.  The first one is a GeForce GT 710 and the second is a Radeon RX580 which I plan on passing through once I get some of these VMs working. 

 

I am guessing this might be some obscure BIOS setting because I have tried about every option within Unraid I can think of.syslinux_linux

 

I have attached the diagnostics file. 

Unraid Kernel Linux 4.19.107-Unraid x86_64 

Unraid Version Version 6.8.3 2020-03-05

 

Dockers:

binhex-jellyfin up-to-date (no version given just the check and up-to-date)

binhex-krusader up-to-date

 

Plugins:

CA Auto Update Applications Version 2020.10.21

CA Backup / Restore Appdata Version 2020.10.21

CA Cleanup Appdata Version 2020.10.21

Community Applications Version 2020.09.19

Dynamix Active Streams Version 2020.06.17

Dynamix Cache Directories Version 2020.08.03

Dynamix Date Time Version 2020.06.21 

Dynamix File Integrity Version 2020.06.21

Dynamix Local Master Version 2020.06.20

Dynamix S3 Sleep Version 2020.06.21 

Dynamix SSD TRIM Version 2020.06.21

Dynamix System Buttons Version 2020.06.20

Dynamix System Information Version 2020.06.21

Dynamix System Statistics Version 2020.06.21

Dynamix System Temperature Version 2020.06.20

Fix Common Problems Version 2020.06.20

Nerd Tools Version 2019.12.31

Parity Check Tuning Version 2020.11.19 

Preclear Disks Version 2020.11.18

Unassigned Devices Version 2020.11.28c

Unassigned Devices Plus Version 2020.05.22

unBALANCE Version v2019.10.26

 

 

myserver-diagnostics-20201204-2056.zip

Edited by WorldTraveller
Added an extra detail I thought might be important
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