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I need help getting Windows 10 to install on my KVM.

When the machine starts it shows the Windows loading screen for a second and immediately shows a BSOD "SYSTEM THREAD EXCEPTION NOT HANDLED".

I've tried multiple ISOs, modded and vanilla, based on different updates of Windows 10 and 11, I can't even get into the setup at any of them, any help appreciated.

QEMU Settings are:

Chip: Q35
FW: BIOS (UEFI only gives shell with any UEFI options)
CPU: 4 vCPU (Default setting I think)
RAM: 8 Gigs

Boot settings: No boot menu

#1 SATA CD-ROM (Windows ISO)
#2 SATA HDD (empty 300GB qcow2)
#3 SATA CD-ROM (VirtIO drivers)

Network is default

Video is VirtIO, tried all the other options too, but to no avail

HOST runs on:

OS: Arch Linux 6.5.5-zen1-1-zen
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600
RAM: 16GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Nouveau driver)

UPDATE: After failing multiple times, formatting my drive, installing Fedora, trying and failing again, formatting my drive again, reinstalling Arch, I have enough. I'll just continue to dual boot for the time being until I get a new CPU.

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[–] ipha@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Have you tried with a stock kernel instead of zen?

And windows doesn't support virtio video, use qxl.

[–] stardreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago

Zen kernel should be fine. I've been running it for 4 years and haven't had any issues specific to zen.

[–] DaveedMee@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

I've tried on zen and lts, I don't have the stock kernel

Windows does support VirtIO if you load the drivers at setup. QXL doesn't help either, also tried VGA, same problem.

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There are a lot more settings that could be relevant.

[–] DaveedMee@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Tell me what u need and I tell you what I have

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

CPU settings, including how your actual bios is configured. It kind of sounds like something isn't turned on.

[–] DaveedMee@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

Enabled: SVM mode (CPU virtualization) TPM 2.0 Secure Boot

Disabled: Windows 10 WHQL support Legacy Boot

Anything else is pretty much default

[–] version_unsorted@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Does anything else work? For example, can you boot a Debian live disk? What about a Debian install on a VM? This will help isolate the problem to internal or external of the hypervisor.

[–] DaveedMee@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

every other linux distro I tried (Fedora, Manjaro, Linux Mint) worked fine in live usb, didn't install any of them though

[–] allywilson@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm not in a position to check at the moment, but I think I used to have to set the CPU to something older (like, very old Core2Duo).

[–] DaveedMee@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

I've tried all the CPU settings in virt-manager, my HOST runs Windows 10 just fine, still crashes if I use Host or nearest ro host in virt-manager

[–] version_unsorted@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just to be sure, you are getting your vanilla iso from MS?

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO

It has been a while since I've grabbed a recent iso, but I've always used these with no issue in virt-manager.

[–] DaveedMee@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah I did, used genuine Windows 10 and 11 images before I tried modded ones

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

To me this reads like a driver issue. You could try loading Windows VirtIO drivers during installation and see if that fixes the issues.

https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_VirtIO_Drivers

[–] DaveedMee@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

that's the thing, I BSOD right before the setup

[–] tzyyy@monyet.cc 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is your CPU set to run on 4 sockets instead of core/thread combo in 1 socket?

[–] DaveedMee@beehaw.org 1 points 11 months ago

yeah I changed the settings there but it didn't change anything