OVMF/UEFI Boot Entries no file

[cc2]

my vm is't boot and if i try add boot entries
"Boot Maintenance Manager" -> "Boot Options" -> "Add Boot Option" -> in there i no have file

 

[cc2]

"Boot Maintenance Manager" -> "Boot Options" -> "Add Boot Option" ->

 

[dcsapak]

do you have a valid efi partition ?
is the drive correctly in the boot order in the config? (please post the output of 'qm config ID')

 

[batrovich]

I have the same problem, there's nothing in "Add boot option"
Here's my qm config:
bios: ovmf
boot: order=ide1
cores: 8
efidisk0: local-lvm:vm-120-disk-1,efitype=4m,pre-enrolled-keys=1,size=4M
ide1: local-lvm:vm-120-disk-0,size=99848M
machine: pc-i440fx-6.2
memory: 2048
meta: creation-qemu=6.2.0,ctime=1654306505
name: SERVIDOR-CP
numa: 0
ostype: win10
scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci
smbios1: uuid=982cf96d-6d0f-4fda-9332-5037de815f35
sockets: 1
vmgenid: 0d10709c-dd55-4585-ae9f-6004bf432665

Any ideas how to solve this?
Thanks!

 

[dcsapak]

again, do you have an 'efi partition' on your disk?
can you select the disk when going to 'boot manager' ?

 

[batrovich]

I create an EFI partition in the proxmox GUI
(This one: efidisk0: local-lvm:vm-120-disk-1,efitype=4m,pre-enrolled-keys=1,size=4M)
That's what i need or should i create it in another way?

can you select the disk when going to 'boot manager' ? NO, i can't the screen it's empty.

Thanks a lot for your reply!

 

[dcsapak]

that is an 'efi disk' that only contains the 'efivars'. an efi partition is a partition on the vm disk that contains the efi bootloader (e.g. grub/systemd-boot/whatever windows calls it)

 

[batrovich]

Ok i understand. I'll create the EFI partition in the VM and then migrate it to proxmox.

Thanks a lot!

 

[dcsapak]

what do you mean? how did the vm boot until now? if the vm was booting with efi before, it must have an efi partition. if there is no efi partition, the vm likely booted with bios, in that case change from ovmf -> seabios

 

[batrovich]

Right now it isn't booting. What I'm trying to do, is to migrate a physical windows machine to proxmox. So first i virtualize it to vmdk format, and then converting it to qcow2 for proxmox. In proxmox it isn't booting.
That's why i tell you i'm going to create de EFI partition on the vmdk VM, and then migrate it to proxmox.
There's an easier way to do it?

 

[dcsapak]

why do you configure ovmf if the vm seemingly doesn't use efi as boot, just configure 'seabios' instead?

 

[batrovich]

[B]dcsapak[/B] you are completly right! Thank you so much!!! I thought i tryed that, but it seems that i was doing something wrong.​

With the seaBIOS it booted! ​