On 11/27/2017 05:28 PM, Benjammin2068 wrote: > On 11/25/2017 07:25 AM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: >> >> I don't use virtio drivers. My Windows 10 guest setup is as plain as it can >> be. >> >> Starting with qemu 2.9, there is some kind of a problem that prevents >> Windows 10 from rebooting itself properly. I've also read about others >> reporting this issue as well. It's possible that the problem started before >> 2.9. Fedora 25, with qemu 2.4, was ok. Fedora 26, with qemu 2.9, was broken. >> >> About 90% of the reboots end up in rescue mode, with Windows 10's rescue >> tool claiming, no what you do, that the system is not recoverable. Without >> really explaining why. Obviously, since it booted into rescue mode, the >> virtual disk is working, but the rescue tool does not see it. Note, that I >> do not use virtio, so this is not a factor. >> >> However if you force off the VM, and do a fresh boot, nothing's wrong. It'll >> boot up like nothing happened. Your updates do not really mess up the boot >> process. It just looks this way. >> >> Use "virsh edit" to edit your domain XML file in /etc/libvirt/qemu. Replace >> the existing <on_reboot> setting in there with: >> >> <on_reboot>destroy</on_reboot> >> >> Now, when Windows 10 updates reboot now, the virtual machine will turn off >> instead. After manually starting it again, it should boot fine. >> >> If you're using virt-manager, it goes a bit wonky, when the VM shuts down >> with this setting in place, and virt-manager will get very confused. You'll >> just need to close and restart virt-manager, to turn on the VM again. >> > > Thanks for the reply. > > IIRC, I've even rebooted the system (host as well) with no success... but > maybe not. I'll try your suggestions again if I have an issue. > > I really thought it was updates. I also don't use any VirtIO stuff either. As > plain and stock a setup as I can get. > > Hopefully this glitch gets fixed soon. What a way to freak admins out. :P > > Thanks, > > -Ben > > Hmm.. could this somehow be related to the fast startup thing in win10? I mean, if fast startup is disabled, will that help?
Just a thought. /tony Tony Albers Systems administrator, IT-development Royal Danish Library, Victor Albecks Vej 1, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. Tel: +45 2566 2383 / +45 8946 2316 _______________________________________________ libvirt-users mailing list libvirt-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users
