VmWare VMDK Import

[Firro]

Hi!

I have tried several ways of importing an VmWare export without getting it to boot. (From Virtual box and .OVA it seams to be easy)



So after i made an .OVF export and uploaded it so i could import it i have tried
qm importdisk 106 Vakin-disk1.vmdk local-lvm --format qcow2 (or RAW)

On boot i just get:



I have tried diffrentsettings, like SATA or IDE and SCSI...
But noting seams to do the trick




What am im doing wrong?

 

[Daniel_Dog]

Did you install the VirtIO drivers before exporting the VM?
Without the VirtIO drivers pre installed, it will not be able to boot as Windows will be missing the correct drivers.

A easy work around is to set the disk type to IDE. (Windows has that driver build in.)
After you boot windows, install the VirtIO drivers and shutdown the VM.
Then change it back to what it is now and it should boot just fine. (Since windows now has the VirtIO drivers.)

 

[Daniel_Dog]

And if you use windows 11, then you cannot use SeaBIOS. (SInce windows 11 requires UEFI)
And windows 11 needs to have it's TPM stuff configured. (Not supported on SeaBIOS?)

In general it is always adviced to use q35 BIOS for windows based systems.

 

[Firro]

Ah, it was the wrong Bios Settings! I changed it to OVMF and Added EFI Disk, and now its working!
Thank you!!