Starting VMs on R730 gives machine type error pve 6.3

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I just loaded up the latest 6.3.1 and ran dist-upgrades to the very latest on a Dell R730, when I try to start a new Win2019 VM with the bare basic defaults selected it fails to start with error:

Code:
() kvm: no-hpet: unsupported machine type

It seems the default machine type 5.2.0 is the issue.

Code:
boot: order=virtio0;ide2;net0
cores: 4
ide2: local:iso/Server2019Eval.iso,media=cdrom
machine: pc-i440fx-5.2.0
memory: 4096
name: Server2019
net0: e1000=CA:5E:FB:76:B9:0B,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1
numa: 0
ostype: win10
scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci
smbios1: uuid=17c84413-50bb-4dc6-ba26-163b13edded6
sockets: 1
virtio0: VMdata:vm-102-disk-0,size=80G
vmgenid: 5f122570-08af-4d62-b932-0c56e0dd6583

Changing to machine: pc-i440fx-5.1 it can start.
 
Did you set the machine version to 5.2 yourself? Did you have a machine version set before the upgrade? By default 5.1 should be pinned for windows type machines on upgrade.

Could you post 'pveversion -v' and 'qm showcmd --pretty <vmid>', once with 5.1 set (working) and once with how you get that error?
 
This is a brand new installation, I did not change the machine type, and I made 3 VMs that all had the same problem.

Code:
proxmox-ve: 6.3-1 (running kernel: 5.4.103-1-pve)
pve-manager: 6.3-6 (running version: 6.3-6/2184247e)
pve-kernel-5.4: 6.3-7
pve-kernel-helper: 6.3-7
pve-kernel-5.4.103-1-pve: 5.4.103-1
pve-kernel-5.4.73-1-pve: 5.4.73-1
ceph-fuse: 12.2.11+dfsg1-2.1+b1
corosync: 3.1.0-pve1
criu: 3.11-3
glusterfs-client: 5.5-3
ifupdown: 0.8.35+pve1
ksm-control-daemon: 1.3-1
libjs-extjs: 6.0.1-10
libknet1: 1.20-pve1
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.0.7
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.0.3-1
libpve-access-control: 6.1-3
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.1-3
libpve-common-perl: 6.3-5
libpve-guest-common-perl: 3.1-5
libpve-http-server-perl: 3.1-1
libpve-storage-perl: 6.3-7
libqb0: 1.0.5-1
libspice-server1: 0.14.2-4~pve6+1
lvm2: 2.03.02-pve4
lxc-pve: 4.0.6-2
lxcfs: 4.0.6-pve1
novnc-pve: 1.1.0-1
openvswitch-switch: 2.12.3-1
proxmox-backup-client: 1.0.9-1
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.1-1
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 2.4-6
pve-cluster: 6.2-1
pve-container: 3.3-4
pve-docs: 6.3-1
pve-edk2-firmware: 2.20200531-1
pve-firewall: 4.1-3
pve-firmware: 3.2-2
pve-ha-manager: 3.1-1
pve-i18n: 2.2-2
pve-qemu-kvm: 5.2.0-3
pve-xtermjs: 4.7.0-3
qemu-server: 6.3-7
smartmontools: 7.2-pve2
spiceterm: 3.1-1
vncterm: 1.6-2
zfsutils-linux: 2.0.3-pve2

this command is missing something-
Code:
root@pve1:~# qm showcmd --pretty 100
400 not enough arguments
qm showcmd <vmid> [OPTIONS]
 
Sorry, qm showcmd <vmid> --pretty - other way around.
 
Strangely this time booting up set to 5.2 it worked without error.

Working 5.0:
Code:
/usr/bin/kvm \
  -id 100 \
  -name PLserver \
  -no-shutdown \
  -chardev 'socket,id=qmp,path=/var/run/qemu-server/100.qmp,server,nowait' \
  -mon 'chardev=qmp,mode=control' \
  -chardev 'socket,id=qmp-event,path=/var/run/qmeventd.sock,reconnect=5' \
  -mon 'chardev=qmp-event,mode=control' \
  -pidfile /var/run/qemu-server/100.pid \
  -daemonize \
  -smbios 'type=1,uuid=39a8397c-a869-469e-b439-3bbea9a47c5c' \
  -smp '1,sockets=1,cores=20,maxcpus=20' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu2,socket-id=0,core-id=1,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu3,socket-id=0,core-id=2,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu4,socket-id=0,core-id=3,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu5,socket-id=0,core-id=4,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu6,socket-id=0,core-id=5,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu7,socket-id=0,core-id=6,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu8,socket-id=0,core-id=7,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu9,socket-id=0,core-id=8,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu10,socket-id=0,core-id=9,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu11,socket-id=0,core-id=10,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu12,socket-id=0,core-id=11,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu13,socket-id=0,core-id=12,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu14,socket-id=0,core-id=13,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu15,socket-id=0,core-id=14,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu16,socket-id=0,core-id=15,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu17,socket-id=0,core-id=16,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu18,socket-id=0,core-id=17,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu19,socket-id=0,core-id=18,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu20,socket-id=0,core-id=19,thread-id=0' \
  -nodefaults \
  -boot 'menu=on,strict=on,reboot-timeout=1000,splash=/usr/share/qemu-server/bootsplash.jpg' \
  -vnc unix:/var/run/qemu-server/100.vnc,password \
  -no-hpet \
  -cpu 'kvm64,enforce,hv_ipi,hv_relaxed,hv_reset,hv_runtime,hv_spinlocks=0x1fff,hv_stimer,hv_synic,hv_tim                                                                                    e,hv_vapic,hv_vpindex,+kvm_pv_eoi,+kvm_pv_unhalt,+lahf_lm,+sep' \
  -m 'size=1024,slots=255,maxmem=4194304M' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=ram-node0,size=1024M' \
  -numa 'node,nodeid=0,cpus=0-19,memdev=ram-node0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm0,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm0,memdev=mem-dimm0,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm1,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm1,memdev=mem-dimm1,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm2,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm2,memdev=mem-dimm2,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm3,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm3,memdev=mem-dimm3,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm4,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm4,memdev=mem-dimm4,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm5,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm5,memdev=mem-dimm5,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm6,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm6,memdev=mem-dimm6,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm7,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm7,memdev=mem-dimm7,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm8,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm8,memdev=mem-dimm8,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm9,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm9,memdev=mem-dimm9,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm10,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm10,memdev=mem-dimm10,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm11,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm11,memdev=mem-dimm11,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm12,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm12,memdev=mem-dimm12,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm13,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm13,memdev=mem-dimm13,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm14,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm14,memdev=mem-dimm14,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm15,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm15,memdev=mem-dimm15,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm16,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm16,memdev=mem-dimm16,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm17,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm17,memdev=mem-dimm17,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm18,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm18,memdev=mem-dimm18,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm19,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm19,memdev=mem-dimm19,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm20,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm20,memdev=mem-dimm20,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm21,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm21,memdev=mem-dimm21,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm22,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm22,memdev=mem-dimm22,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm23,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm23,memdev=mem-dimm23,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm24,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm24,memdev=mem-dimm24,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm25,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm25,memdev=mem-dimm25,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm26,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm26,memdev=mem-dimm26,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm27,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm27,memdev=mem-dimm27,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm28,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm28,memdev=mem-dimm28,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm29,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm29,memdev=mem-dimm29,node=0' \
  -device 'pci-bridge,id=pci.1,chassis_nr=1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1e' \
  -device 'pci-bridge,id=pci.2,chassis_nr=2,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1f' \
  -device 'vmgenid,guid=90a1f419-c0c7-4fdd-a1d9-af11d47bb32f' \
  -device 'piix3-usb-uhci,id=uhci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2' \
  -device 'usb-tablet,id=tablet,bus=uhci.0,port=1' \
  -device 'VGA,id=vga,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2,edid=off' \
  -chardev 'socket,path=/var/run/qemu-server/100.qga,server,nowait,id=qga0' \
  -device 'virtio-serial,id=qga0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x8' \
  -device 'virtserialport,chardev=qga0,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0' \
  -device 'virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3' \
  -iscsi 'initiator-name=iqn.1993-08.org.debian:01:c93b4da01da5' \
  -drive 'file=/var/lib/vz/template/iso/virtio-drivers.iso,if=none,id=drive-ide2,media=cdrom,aio=threads'                                                                                     \
  -device 'ide-cd,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide2,id=ide2,bootindex=101' \
  -drive 'file=/dev/zvol/VMdata/vm-100-disk-0,if=none,id=drive-virtio0,format=raw,cache=none,aio=native,d                                                                                    etect-zeroes=on' \
  -device 'virtio-blk-pci,drive=drive-virtio0,id=virtio0,bus=pci.0,addr=0xa,bootindex=100' \
  -netdev 'type=tap,id=net0,ifname=tap100i0,script=/var/lib/qemu-server/pve-bridge,downscript=/var/lib/qe                                                                                    mu-server/pve-bridgedown,vhost=on' \
  -device 'virtio-net-pci,mac=A2:7F:7A:8D:6F:55,netdev=net0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x12,id=net0,bootindex=102' \
  -rtc 'driftfix=slew,base=localtime' \
  -machine 'type=pc-i440fx-5.0+pve0' \
  -global 'kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=discard'

5.2:
Code:
/usr/bin/kvm \
  -id 100 \
  -name PLserver \
  -no-shutdown \
  -chardev 'socket,id=qmp,path=/var/run/qemu-server/100.qmp,server,nowait' \
  -mon 'chardev=qmp,mode=control' \
  -chardev 'socket,id=qmp-event,path=/var/run/qmeventd.sock,reconnect=5' \
  -mon 'chardev=qmp-event,mode=control' \
  -pidfile /var/run/qemu-server/100.pid \
  -daemonize \
  -smbios 'type=1,uuid=39a8397c-a869-469e-b439-3bbea9a47c5c' \
  -smp '1,sockets=1,cores=20,maxcpus=20' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu2,socket-id=0,core-id=1,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu3,socket-id=0,core-id=2,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu4,socket-id=0,core-id=3,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu5,socket-id=0,core-id=4,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu6,socket-id=0,core-id=5,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu7,socket-id=0,core-id=6,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu8,socket-id=0,core-id=7,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu9,socket-id=0,core-id=8,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu10,socket-id=0,core-id=9,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu11,socket-id=0,core-id=10,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu12,socket-id=0,core-id=11,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu13,socket-id=0,core-id=12,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu14,socket-id=0,core-id=13,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu15,socket-id=0,core-id=14,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu16,socket-id=0,core-id=15,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu17,socket-id=0,core-id=16,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu18,socket-id=0,core-id=17,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu19,socket-id=0,core-id=18,thread-id=0' \
  -device 'kvm64-x86_64-cpu,id=cpu20,socket-id=0,core-id=19,thread-id=0' \
  -nodefaults \
  -boot 'menu=on,strict=on,reboot-timeout=1000,splash=/usr/share/qemu-server/bootsplash.jpg' \
  -vnc unix:/var/run/qemu-server/100.vnc,password \
  -no-hpet \
  -cpu 'kvm64,enforce,hv_ipi,hv_relaxed,hv_reset,hv_runtime,hv_spinlocks=0x1fff,hv_stimer,hv_synic,hv_time,hv_vapic,hv_vpindex,+kvm_pv_eoi,+kvm_pv_unhalt,+lahf_lm,+sep' \
  -m 'size=1024,slots=255,maxmem=4194304M' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=ram-node0,size=1024M' \
  -numa 'node,nodeid=0,cpus=0-19,memdev=ram-node0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm0,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm0,memdev=mem-dimm0,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm1,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm1,memdev=mem-dimm1,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm2,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm2,memdev=mem-dimm2,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm3,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm3,memdev=mem-dimm3,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm4,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm4,memdev=mem-dimm4,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm5,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm5,memdev=mem-dimm5,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm6,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm6,memdev=mem-dimm6,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm7,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm7,memdev=mem-dimm7,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm8,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm8,memdev=mem-dimm8,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm9,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm9,memdev=mem-dimm9,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm10,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm10,memdev=mem-dimm10,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm11,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm11,memdev=mem-dimm11,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm12,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm12,memdev=mem-dimm12,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm13,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm13,memdev=mem-dimm13,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm14,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm14,memdev=mem-dimm14,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm15,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm15,memdev=mem-dimm15,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm16,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm16,memdev=mem-dimm16,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm17,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm17,memdev=mem-dimm17,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm18,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm18,memdev=mem-dimm18,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm19,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm19,memdev=mem-dimm19,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm20,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm20,memdev=mem-dimm20,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm21,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm21,memdev=mem-dimm21,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm22,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm22,memdev=mem-dimm22,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm23,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm23,memdev=mem-dimm23,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm24,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm24,memdev=mem-dimm24,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm25,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm25,memdev=mem-dimm25,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm26,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm26,memdev=mem-dimm26,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm27,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm27,memdev=mem-dimm27,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm28,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm28,memdev=mem-dimm28,node=0' \
  -object 'memory-backend-ram,id=mem-dimm29,size=512M' \
  -device 'pc-dimm,id=dimm29,memdev=mem-dimm29,node=0' \
  -device 'pci-bridge,id=pci.1,chassis_nr=1,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1e' \
  -device 'pci-bridge,id=pci.2,chassis_nr=2,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1f' \
  -device 'vmgenid,guid=90a1f419-c0c7-4fdd-a1d9-af11d47bb32f' \
  -device 'piix3-usb-uhci,id=uhci,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2' \
  -device 'usb-tablet,id=tablet,bus=uhci.0,port=1' \
  -device 'VGA,id=vga,bus=pci.0,addr=0x2,edid=off' \
  -chardev 'socket,path=/var/run/qemu-server/100.qga,server,nowait,id=qga0' \
  -device 'virtio-serial,id=qga0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x8' \
  -device 'virtserialport,chardev=qga0,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0' \
  -device 'virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3' \
  -iscsi 'initiator-name=iqn.1993-08.org.debian:01:c93b4da01da5' \
  -drive 'file=/var/lib/vz/template/iso/virtio-drivers.iso,if=none,id=drive-ide2,media=cdrom,aio=threads' \
  -device 'ide-cd,bus=ide.1,unit=0,drive=drive-ide2,id=ide2,bootindex=101' \
  -drive 'file=/dev/zvol/VMdata/vm-100-disk-0,if=none,id=drive-virtio0,format=raw,cache=none,aio=native,detect-zeroes=on' \
  -device 'virtio-blk-pci,drive=drive-virtio0,id=virtio0,bus=pci.0,addr=0xa,bootindex=100' \
  -netdev 'type=tap,id=net0,ifname=tap100i0,script=/var/lib/qemu-server/pve-bridge,downscript=/var/lib/qemu-server/pve-bridgedown,vhost=on' \
  -device 'virtio-net-pci,mac=A2:7F:7A:8D:6F:55,netdev=net0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x12,id=net0,bootindex=102' \
  -rtc 'driftfix=slew,base=localtime' \
  -machine 'type=pc-i440fx-5.2+pve0' \
  -global 'kvm-pit.lost_tick_policy=discard'
 
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had the same error today (seems to be after apt-get upgrade, installation was iso from website).


dont know why, but i changed to q35 , started the machine, killed it , changed back to i440fx and then it starts up ?

Whats even stranger...

if i create a new machine (with default i440fx ... i dont have choose version in advanced mode) , the qm showcmd --pretty shows:

Code:
-machine 'type=pc-i440fx-5.2.0+pve0' \


after change to q35, start, kill , back to i440fx it shows

Code:
-machine 'type=pc-i440fx-5.1+pve0' \
 
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