Windows 10 LTSC keeps rebooting after installation - Why did my PC restart?

[xinyifly]

I confirm this bug has not already been reported

• I have searched the issues and this bug has not been reported previously

Describe the bug
It infinitely reboots to Why did my PC restart? - See Screenshots

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behaviour:

$ quickget windows 10-ltsc
$ ./windows-10-ltsc.conf

Expected behaviour
After installation, it should boot into an installed Windows desktop.

Quickemu output
Run quickemu or quickemu and include the output of the failure below:

Quickemu output

Quickemu 4.9.5 using /nix/store/z6961z9xqyqr6jsdphwybp6xmbybdaca-qemu-8.2.6/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 v8.2.6
- Host:     NixOS 24.05 (Uakari) running Linux 6.11.5 envy
- CPU:      AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics
- CPU VM:   host, 1 Socket(s), 4 Core(s), 2 Thread(s)
- RAM VM:   8G RAM
- BOOT:     EFI (Windows-server), OVMF (/nix/store/zhbj009n57myjhqk9nqzj5z3xmipmm4x-OVMF-202402-fd/FV/OVMF_CODE.fd), SecureBoot (off).
- Disk:     windows-10-ltsc/disk.qcow2 (64G)
           Looks unused, booting from windows-10-ltsc/19044.1288.211006-0501.21h2_release_svc_refresh_CLIENT_LTSC_EVAL_x64FRE_en-us.iso
- Boot ISO: windows-10-ltsc/19044.1288.211006-0501.21h2_release_svc_refresh_CLIENT_LTSC_EVAL_x64FRE_en-us.iso
- CD-ROM:   windows-10-ltsc/virtio-win.iso
- Display:  SDL, virtio-vga-gl, GL (on), VirGL (on) @ (1280 x 800)
- Sound:    intel-hda (hda-micro)
- ssh:      On host:  ssh user@localhost -p 22220
- WebDAV:   On guest: dav://localhost:9843/
- 9P:       On guest:  - smbd:     On guest: smb://10.0.2.4/qemu
- Network:  User (virtio-net)
- Monitor:  On host:  nc -U "windows-10-ltsc/windows-10-ltsc-monitor.socket"
           or     :  socat -,echo=0,icanon=0 unix-connect:windows-10-ltsc/windows-10-ltsc-monitor.socket
- Serial:   On host:  nc -U "windows-10-ltsc/windows-10-ltsc-serial.socket"
           or     :  socat -,echo=0,icanon=0 unix-connect:windows-10-ltsc/windows-10-ltsc-serial.socket
- Process:  Started ./windows-10-ltsc.conf as windows-10-ltsc (110725)
- Sending:  via socket sendkey ret

System information
Run quickreport and include the output here; if you can't run quickreport,
please provide the output of the following:

Quickreport output

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      Quickemu 4.9.5
----------------------------------
Distro:	NixOS 24.05 (Uakari)
Kernel:	Linux 6.11.5 x86_64
Memory:	31G
GPU:
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Phoenix3 (rev c9)
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          curl 8.7.1
----------------------------------
Libraries: libcurl/8.7.1 OpenSSL/3.0.14 zlib/1.3.1 brotli/1.1.0 zstd/1.5.6 libidn2/2.3.7 libpsl/0.21.5 libssh2/1.11.0 nghttp2/1.61.0
Protocols: dict file ftp ftps gopher gophers http https imap imaps ipfs ipns mqtt pop3 pop3s rtsp scp sftp smb smbs smtp smtps telnet tftp
Features:  alt-svc AsynchDNS brotli GSS-API HSTS HTTP2 HTTPS-proxy IDN IPv6 Kerberos Largefile libz NTLM PSL SPNEGO SSL threadsafe TLS-SRP UnixSockets zstd
----------------------------------
          QEMU 8.2.6
----------------------------------
Available CPUs:
x86 486                   (alias configured by machine type)
x86 486-v1
x86 Broadwell             (alias configured by machine type)
x86 Broadwell-IBRS        (alias of Broadwell-v3)
x86 Broadwell-noTSX       (alias of Broadwell-v2)
x86 Broadwell-noTSX-IBRS  (alias of Broadwell-v4)
x86 Broadwell-v1          Intel Core Processor (Broadwell)
x86 Broadwell-v2          Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, no TSX)
x86 Broadwell-v3          Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, IBRS)
x86 Broadwell-v4          Intel Core Processor (Broadwell, no TSX, IBRS)
x86 Cascadelake-Server    (alias configured by machine type)
x86 Cascadelake-Server-noTSX  (alias of Cascadelake-Server-v3)
x86 Cascadelake-Server-v1  Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake)
x86 Cascadelake-Server-v2  Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake) [ARCH_CAPABILITIES]
x86 Cascadelake-Server-v3  Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake) [ARCH_CAPABILITIES, no TSX]
x86 Cascadelake-Server-v4  Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake) [ARCH_CAPABILITIES, no TSX]
x86 Cascadelake-Server-v5  Intel Xeon Processor (Cascadelake) [ARCH_CAPABILITIES, EPT switching, XSAVES, no TSX]
x86 Conroe                (alias configured by machine type)
x86 Conroe-v1             Intel Celeron_4x0 (Conroe/Merom Class Core 2)
x86 Cooperlake            (alias configured by machine type)
x86 Cooperlake-v1         Intel Xeon Processor (Cooperlake)
x86 Cooperlake-v2         Intel Xeon Processor (Cooperlake) [XSAVES]
x86 Denverton             (alias configured by machine type)
x86 Denverton-v1          Intel Atom Processor (Denverton)
x86 Denverton-v2          Intel Atom Processor (Denverton) [no MPX, no MONITOR]
x86 Denverton-v3          Intel Atom Processor (Denverton) [XSAVES, no MPX, no MONITOR]
x86 Dhyana                (alias configured by machine type)
x86 Dhyana-v1             Hygon Dhyana Processor
x86 Dhyana-v2             Hygon Dhyana Processor [XSAVES]
x86 EPYC                  (alias configured by machine type)
x86 EPYC-Genoa            (alias configured by machine type)
x86 EPYC-Genoa-v1         AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor
x86 EPYC-IBPB             (alias of EPYC-v2)
x86 EPYC-Milan            (alias configured by machine type)
x86 EPYC-Milan-v1         AMD EPYC-Milan Processor
x86 EPYC-Milan-v2         AMD EPYC-Milan-v2 Processor
x86 EPYC-Rome             (alias configured by machine type)
x86 EPYC-Rome-v1          AMD EPYC-Rome Processor
x86 EPYC-Rome-v2          AMD EPYC-Rome Processor
x86 EPYC-Rome-v3          AMD EPYC-Rome-v3 Processor
x86 EPYC-Rome-v4          AMD EPYC-Rome-v4 Processor (no XSAVES)
x86 EPYC-v1               AMD EPYC Processor
x86 EPYC-v2               AMD EPYC Processor (with IBPB)
x86 EPYC-v3               AMD EPYC Processor
x86 EPYC-v4               AMD EPYC-v4 Processor
x86 GraniteRapids         (alias configured by machine type)
x86 GraniteRapids-v1      Intel Xeon Processor (GraniteRapids)
x86 Haswell               (alias configured by machine type)
x86 Haswell-IBRS          (alias of Haswell-v3)
x86 Haswell-noTSX         (alias of Haswell-v2)
x86 Haswell-noTSX-IBRS    (alias of Haswell-v4)
x86 Haswell-v1            Intel Core Processor (Haswell)
x86 Haswell-v2            Intel Core Processor (Haswell, no TSX)
x86 Haswell-v3            Intel Core Processor (Haswell, IBRS)
x86 Haswell-v4            Intel Core Processor (Haswell, no TSX, IBRS)
x86 Icelake-Server        (alias configured by machine type)
x86 Icelake-Server-noTSX  (alias of Icelake-Server-v2)
x86 Icelake-Server-v1     Intel Xeon Processor (Icelake)
x86 Icelake-Server-v2     Intel Xeon Processor (Icelake) [no TSX]
x86 Icelake-Server-v3     Intel Xeon Processor (Icelake)
x86 Icelake-Server-v4     Intel Xeon Processor (Icelake)
x86 Icelake-Server-v5     Intel Xeon Processor (Icelake) [XSAVES]
x86 Icelake-Server-v6     Intel Xeon Processor (Icelake) [5-level EPT]
x86 IvyBridge             (alias configured by machine type)
x86 IvyBridge-IBRS        (alias of IvyBridge-v2)
x86 IvyBridge-v1          Intel Xeon E3-12xx v2 (Ivy Bridge)
x86 IvyBridge-v2          Intel Xeon E3-12xx v2 (Ivy Bridge, IBRS)
x86 KnightsMill           (alias configured by machine type)
x86 KnightsMill-v1        Intel Xeon Phi Processor (Knights Mill)
x86 Nehalem               (alias configured by machine type)
x86 Nehalem-IBRS          (alias of Nehalem-v2)
x86 Nehalem-v1            Intel Core i7 9xx (Nehalem Class Core i7)
x86 Nehalem-v2            Intel Core i7 9xx (Nehalem Core i7, IBRS update)
x86 Opteron_G1            (alias configured by machine type)
x86 Opteron_G1-v1         AMD Opteron 240 (Gen 1 Class Opteron)
x86 Opteron_G2            (alias configured by machine type)
x86 Opteron_G2-v1         AMD Opteron 22xx (Gen 2 Class Opteron)
x86 Opteron_G3            (alias configured by machine type)
x86 Opteron_G3-v1         AMD Opteron 23xx (Gen 3 Class Opteron)
x86 Opteron_G4            (alias configured by machine type)
x86 Opteron_G4-v1         AMD Opteron 62xx class CPU
x86 Opteron_G5            (alias configured by machine type)
x86 Opteron_G5-v1         AMD Opteron 63xx class CPU
x86 Penryn                (alias configured by machine type)
x86 Penryn-v1             Intel Core 2 Duo P9xxx (Penryn Class Core 2)
x86 SandyBridge           (alias configured by machine type)
x86 SandyBridge-IBRS      (alias of SandyBridge-v2)
x86 SandyBridge-v1        Intel Xeon E312xx (Sandy Bridge)
x86 SandyBridge-v2        Intel Xeon E312xx (Sandy Bridge, IBRS update)
x86 SapphireRapids        (alias configured by machine type)
x86 SapphireRapids-v1     Intel Xeon Processor (SapphireRapids)
x86 SapphireRapids-v2     Intel Xeon Processor (SapphireRapids)
x86 Skylake-Client        (alias configured by machine type)
x86 Skylake-Client-IBRS   (alias of Skylake-Client-v2)
x86 Skylake-Client-noTSX-IBRS  (alias of Skylake-Client-v3)
x86 Skylake-Client-v1     Intel Core Processor (Skylake)
x86 Skylake-Client-v2     Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS)
x86 Skylake-Client-v3     Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX)
x86 Skylake-Client-v4     Intel Core Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX) [IBRS, XSAVES, no TSX]
x86 Skylake-Server        (alias configured by machine type)
x86 Skylake-Server-IBRS   (alias of Skylake-Server-v2)
x86 Skylake-Server-noTSX-IBRS  (alias of Skylake-Server-v3)
x86 Skylake-Server-v1     Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake)
x86 Skylake-Server-v2     Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS)
x86 Skylake-Server-v3     Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX)
x86 Skylake-Server-v4     Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX)
x86 Skylake-Server-v5     Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX) [IBRS, XSAVES, EPT switching, no TSX]
x86 Snowridge             (alias configured by machine type)
x86 Snowridge-v1          Intel Atom Processor (SnowRidge)
x86 Snowridge-v2          Intel Atom Processor (Snowridge, no MPX)
x86 Snowridge-v3          Intel Atom Processor (Snowridge, no MPX) [XSAVES, no MPX]
x86 Snowridge-v4          Intel Atom Processor (Snowridge, no MPX) [no split lock detect, no core-capability]
x86 Westmere              (alias configured by machine type)
x86 Westmere-IBRS         (alias of Westmere-v2)
x86 Westmere-v1           Westmere E56xx/L56xx/X56xx (Nehalem-C)
x86 Westmere-v2           Westmere E56xx/L56xx/X56xx (IBRS update)
x86 athlon                (alias configured by machine type)
x86 athlon-v1             QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+
x86 core2duo              (alias configured by machine type)
x86 core2duo-v1           Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T7700  @ 2.40GHz
x86 coreduo               (alias configured by machine type)
x86 coreduo-v1            Genuine Intel(R) CPU           T2600  @ 2.16GHz
x86 kvm32                 (alias configured by machine type)
x86 kvm32-v1              Common 32-bit KVM processor
x86 kvm64                 (alias configured by machine type)
x86 kvm64-v1              Common KVM processor
x86 n270                  (alias configured by machine type)
x86 n270-v1               Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270   @ 1.60GHz
x86 pentium               (alias configured by machine type)
x86 pentium-v1
x86 pentium2              (alias configured by machine type)
x86 pentium2-v1
x86 pentium3              (alias configured by machine type)
x86 pentium3-v1
x86 phenom                (alias configured by machine type)
x86 phenom-v1             AMD Phenom(tm) 9550 Quad-Core Processor
x86 qemu32                (alias configured by machine type)
x86 qemu32-v1             QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+
x86 qemu64                (alias configured by machine type)
x86 qemu64-v1             QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+
x86 base                  base CPU model type with no features enabled
x86 host                  processor with all supported host features
x86 max                   Enables all features supported by the accelerator in the current host

Recognized CPUID flags:
3dnow 3dnowext 3dnowprefetch abm ace2 ace2-en acpi adx aes amd-no-ssb
amd-psfd amd-ssbd amd-stibp amx-bf16 amx-complex amx-fp16 amx-int8
amx-tile apic arat arch-capabilities arch-lbr auto-ibrs avic avx avx-ifma
avx-ne-convert avx-vnni avx-vnni-int8 avx2 avx512-4fmaps avx512-4vnniw
avx512-bf16 avx512-fp16 avx512-vp2intersect avx512-vpopcntdq avx512bitalg
avx512bw avx512cd avx512dq avx512er avx512f avx512ifma avx512pf
avx512vbmi avx512vbmi2 avx512vl avx512vnni bmi1 bmi2 bus-lock-detect cid
cldemote clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp-legacy cmpccxadd
core-capability cr8legacy cx16 cx8 dca de decodeassists ds ds-cpl dtes64
erms est extapic f16c fb-clear fbsdp-no flush-l1d flushbyasid fma fma4
fpu fsgsbase fsrc fsrm fsrs full-width-write fxsr fxsr-opt fzrm gds-no
gfni hle ht hypervisor ia64 ibpb ibrs ibrs-all ibs intel-pt intel-pt-lip
invpcid invtsc kvm-asyncpf kvm-asyncpf-int kvm-hint-dedicated kvm-mmu
kvm-msi-ext-dest-id kvm-nopiodelay kvm-poll-control kvm-pv-eoi kvm-pv-ipi
kvm-pv-sched-yield kvm-pv-tlb-flush kvm-pv-unhalt kvm-steal-time kvmclock
kvmclock kvmclock-stable-bit la57 lahf-lm lbrv lfence-always-serializing
lm lwp mca mcdt-no mce md-clear mds-no misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor
movbe movdir64b movdiri mpx msr mtrr no-nested-data-bp nodeid-msr npt
nrip-save null-sel-clr-base nx osvw pae pat pause-filter pbe pbrsb-no
pcid pclmulqdq pcommit pdcm pdpe1gb perfctr-core perfctr-nb pfthreshold
pge phe phe-en pks pku pmm pmm-en pn pni popcnt prefetchiti
pschange-mc-no psdp-no pse pse36 rdctl-no rdpid rdrand rdseed rdtscp rsba
rtm sbdr-ssdp-no sep serialize sgx sgx-aex-notify sgx-debug sgx-edeccssa
sgx-exinfo sgx-kss sgx-mode64 sgx-provisionkey sgx-tokenkey sgx1 sgx2
sgxlc sha-ni skinit skip-l1dfl-vmentry smap smep smx spec-ctrl
split-lock-detect ss ssb-no ssbd sse sse2 sse4.1 sse4.2 sse4a ssse3 stibp
stibp-always-on svm svm-lock svme-addr-chk syscall taa-no tbm tce tm tm2
topoext tsc tsc-adjust tsc-deadline tsc-scale tsx-ctrl tsx-ldtrk umip
v-vmsave-vmload vaes vgif virt-ssbd vmcb-clean vme vmx vmx-activity-hlt
vmx-activity-shutdown vmx-activity-wait-sipi vmx-any-errcode
vmx-apicv-register vmx-apicv-vid vmx-apicv-x2apic vmx-apicv-xapic
vmx-cr3-load-noexit vmx-cr3-store-noexit vmx-cr8-load-exit
vmx-cr8-store-exit vmx-desc-exit vmx-enable-user-wait-pause
vmx-encls-exit vmx-entry-ia32e-mode vmx-entry-load-bndcfgs
vmx-entry-load-efer vmx-entry-load-pat vmx-entry-load-perf-global-ctrl
vmx-entry-load-pkrs vmx-entry-load-rtit-ctl vmx-entry-noload-debugctl
vmx-ept vmx-ept-1gb vmx-ept-2mb vmx-ept-advanced-exitinfo
vmx-ept-execonly vmx-eptad vmx-eptp-switching vmx-exit-ack-intr
vmx-exit-clear-bndcfgs vmx-exit-clear-rtit-ctl vmx-exit-load-efer
vmx-exit-load-pat vmx-exit-load-perf-global-ctrl vmx-exit-load-pkrs
vmx-exit-nosave-debugctl vmx-exit-save-efer vmx-exit-save-pat
vmx-exit-save-preemption-timer vmx-flexpriority vmx-hlt-exit vmx-ins-outs
vmx-intr-exit vmx-invept vmx-invept-all-context vmx-invept-single-context
vmx-invept-single-context vmx-invept-single-context-noglobals
vmx-invlpg-exit vmx-invpcid-exit vmx-invvpid vmx-invvpid-all-context
vmx-invvpid-single-addr vmx-io-bitmap vmx-io-exit vmx-monitor-exit
vmx-movdr-exit vmx-msr-bitmap vmx-mtf vmx-mwait-exit vmx-nmi-exit
vmx-page-walk-4 vmx-page-walk-5 vmx-pause-exit vmx-ple vmx-pml
vmx-posted-intr vmx-preemption-timer vmx-rdpmc-exit vmx-rdrand-exit
vmx-rdseed-exit vmx-rdtsc-exit vmx-rdtscp-exit vmx-secondary-ctls
vmx-shadow-vmcs vmx-store-lma vmx-true-ctls vmx-tsc-offset
vmx-tsc-scaling vmx-unrestricted-guest vmx-vintr-pending vmx-vmfunc
vmx-vmwrite-vmexit-fields vmx-vnmi vmx-vnmi-pending vmx-vpid
vmx-wbinvd-exit vmx-xsaves vmx-zero-len-inject vnmi vpclmulqdq waitpkg
wbnoinvd wdt x2apic xcrypt xcrypt-en xfd xgetbv1 xop xsave xsavec
xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves xstore xstore-en xtpr

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             CPU
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Architecture:                         x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):                       32-bit, 64-bit
Address sizes:                        48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
Byte Order:                           Little Endian
CPU(s):                               16
On-line CPU(s) list:                  0-15
Vendor ID:                            AuthenticAMD
Model name:                           AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS w/ Radeon 780M Graphics
CPU family:                           25
Model:                                117
Thread(s) per core:                   2
Core(s) per socket:                   8
Socket(s):                            1
Stepping:                             2
Frequency boost:                      enabled
CPU(s) scaling MHz:                   56%
CPU max MHz:                          5132.0000
CPU min MHz:                          400.0000
BogoMIPS:                             6587.63
Flags:                                fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good amd_lbr_v2 nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid aperfmperf rapl pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt tce topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb bpext perfctr_llc mwaitx cpb cat_l3 cdp_l3 hw_pstate ssbd mba perfmon_v2 ibrs ibpb stibp ibrs_enhanced vmmcall fsgsbase bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid cqm rdt_a avx512f avx512dq rdseed adx smap avx512ifma clflushopt clwb avx512cd sha_ni avx512bw avx512vl xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves cqm_llc cqm_occup_llc cqm_mbm_total cqm_mbm_local user_shstk avx512_bf16 clzero irperf xsaveerptr rdpru wbnoinvd cppc arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold v_vmsave_vmload vgif x2avic v_spec_ctrl vnmi avx512vbmi umip pku ospke avx512_vbmi2 gfni vaes vpclmulqdq avx512_vnni avx512_bitalg avx512_vpopcntdq rdpid overflow_recov succor smca fsrm flush_l1d
Virtualization:                       AMD-V
L1d cache:                            256 KiB (8 instances)
L1i cache:                            256 KiB (8 instances)
L2 cache:                             8 MiB (8 instances)
L3 cache:                             16 MiB (1 instance)
NUMA node(s):                         1
NUMA node0 CPU(s):                    0-15
Vulnerability Gather data sampling:   Not affected
Vulnerability Itlb multihit:          Not affected
Vulnerability L1tf:                   Not affected
Vulnerability Mds:                    Not affected
Vulnerability Meltdown:               Not affected
Vulnerability Mmio stale data:        Not affected
Vulnerability Reg file data sampling: Not affected
Vulnerability Retbleed:               Not affected
Vulnerability Spec rstack overflow:   Mitigation; Safe RET
Vulnerability Spec store bypass:      Mitigation; Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Vulnerability Spectre v1:             Mitigation; usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Vulnerability Spectre v2:             Mitigation; Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB conditional; STIBP always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS Not affected; BHI Not affected
Vulnerability Srbds:                  Not affected
Vulnerability Tsx async abort:        Not affected

Screenshots

[xinyifly]

I have no idea what happened with latest Windows 10 LTSC.

If I use image 19044.1288.211006-0501.21h2_release_svc_refresh_CLIENT_LTSC_EVAL_x64FRE_en-us.iso with sha256 e4ab2e3535be5748252a8d5d57539a6e59be8d6726345ee10e7afd2cb89fefb5 , I always end up this reboot loop, even with plain qemu-system-x86_64

But Windows 10 in quickemu works correctly.
Under this suspect, I installed en-us_windows_10_enterprise_ltsc_2021_x64_dvd_d289cf96.iso with sha256 c90a6df8997bf49e56b9673982f3e80745058723a707aef8f22998ae6479597d . And everything works perfectly.

Except that if I use if=virtio in -drive and load virtio-win-0.1.262.iso during installation. Then it simply can't boot complaining INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE . virtio-win works perfectly with OVMF in d289cf96