[SOLVED] Windows 2012 R2 install crash during boot

[FalingDutchman]

Hello everyone!

I have an issue where I can't boot up a Windows server 2012 R2 setup ISO.
It loads the files (the white bar part), then it goes to the loading screen (spinning circle), and then the VM just shuts off.
I have tried the Windows 2012 R2 best practice list without success.

Also I have tried BIOS and UEFI, different CPU settings (it is an i5 8400), RAM ballooning on/off, IDE, SATA, VirtIO, basically every setting I could change I have tried.

I am out of ideas and that is why I am asking here.

The end goal is for me to run a converted VMDK to ZFS server, but that has the same boot result as the ISO, so I think the issue is related.

Kind regards,

FalingDutchman

 

[oguz]

hi,

can you please post
* pveversion -v
* qm config VMID (VMID of your windows vm)

also have you verified the checksum of your ISO to make sure it's not corrupted?

 

[FalingDutchman]

I have checked the checksum, it is in good order.

Here is the output of the commands:

pveversion -v:
proxmox-ve: 6.3-1 (running kernel: 5.4.73-1-pve) pve-manager: 6.3-2 (running version: 6.3-2/22f57405) pve-kernel-5.4: 6.3-1 pve-kernel-helper: 6.3-1 pve-kernel-5.4.73-1-pve: 5.4.73-1 ceph-fuse: 12.2.11+dfsg1-2.1+b1 corosync: 3.0.4-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: 1.16-pve1 libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.0.5 libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.0.2-1 libpve-access-control: 6.1-3 libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.0-3 libpve-common-perl: 6.2-6 libpve-guest-common-perl: 3.1-3 libpve-http-server-perl: 3.0-6 libpve-storage-perl: 6.3-1 libqb0: 1.0.5-1 libspice-server1: 0.14.2-4~pve6+1 lvm2: 2.03.02-pve4 lxc-pve: 4.0.3-1 lxcfs: 4.0.3-pve3 novnc-pve: 1.1.0-1 proxmox-backup-client: 1.0.5-1 proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.1-1 proxmox-widget-toolkit: 2.4-3 pve-cluster: 6.2-1 pve-container: 3.3-1 pve-docs: 6.3-1 pve-edk2-firmware: 2.20200531-1 pve-firewall: 4.1-3 pve-firmware: 3.1-3 pve-ha-manager: 3.1-1 pve-i18n: 2.2-2 pve-qemu-kvm: 5.1.0-7 pve-xtermjs: 4.7.0-3 qemu-server: 6.3-1 smartmontools: 7.1-pve2 spiceterm: 3.1-1 vncterm: 1.6-2 zfsutils-linux: 0.8.5-pve1

qm config
acpi: 1 agent: 1,type=isa balloon: 0 bios: seabios boot: order=ide2 cores: 4 cpu: host,flags=+pcid;+spec-ctrl;+ssbd;+pdpe1gb;+aes ide2: local:iso/SW_DVD9_Windows_Svr_Std_and_DataCtr_2012_R2_64Bit_English_-4_MLF_X19-82891.ISO,media=cdrom,size=5273550K kvm: 1 memory: 8192 name: Windows net0: e1000=C2:D1:40:53:4C:32,bridge=vmbr0,firewall=1,link_down=1 numa: 0 ostype: win8 parent: BeforeBCEdit smbios1: uuid=e0da0151-207e-4c42-8bbc-ed8cff1e7b36 sockets: 1 unused0: local-zfs:vm-100-disk-2 unused1: local-zfs:vm-100-disk-0 vmgenid: 889938f4-6018-4174-8481-f5009530c9fd

 

[FalingDutchman]

Sorry for double posting, but the issue is resolved, I created a new VM, default settings, and it booted. What I did wrong the first time I do not know, but it is resolved. Thanks everyone for taking time to read this!