On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 5:17 PM Clint Boggio <clint.bog...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings oVirt team > > I'm using "Version 4.5.7-0.master.20240327074810.git14bca0502d.el8 on > CentOS Stream 9" > > I have occasion to restore a windows backup image for the purpose of data > extraction. To accomplish this I need to boot off a Server 2008R2 ISO. The > machine to be restored was UEFI based originally and so it is required to > be UEFI for the restoration process. > > I seem to be having a problem with booting off of the ISO image in the > required UEFI-based system. In pursuit of a solution I've read on some of > the other forums about this same problem on other KVM-based platforms. > > Booting that same ISO after changing the VM to BIOS works flawlessly. In > the articles and threads I've read there is mention of hyper-v services > that load during the guest boot process that are causing the ISO boot to > hang. > > Is it possible to disable (or is it even necessary to disable) > "hv_time,hv_relaxed,hv_spinlocks=0x2000" in the "Custom Properties" section > of the VM config ? > > If any of you have some insight into this problem and a possible solution > I'd appreciate the feedback. > > Never tried but just a guess, as in the past I had the opposite problem importing from vSphere. What does it happen if you change the VM operating System in oVirt to "Other OS", or even to Linux? Gianluca
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