troubleshooting Question
VMWare Workstation 16 guest configured as UEFI fails to boot Windows 10 installation media.
Bryan Woods asked on
I've set up a very simple Workstation 16 guest with the default Windows 10 settings. I've changed the "Firmware settings" (under Options > Advanced) from BIOS to UEFI (without the "secure boot" option set).
When I attach the standard Windows 10 1909 installer ISO (volume license download), the VM refuses to boot from the ISO.
The displays shows that it's trying to boot first from the "VMWare virtual NVME...", then the Network. Both of which, of course fail. If I "Power on to firmware", and use the boot menu to select the "SATA CDRom" device, the screen just refreshes - the VM does nothing else.
If I switch the same guest into BIOS firmware, it boots the device just fine and begins the installation. Unfortunately, I don't want a BIOS guest, I want to handle the install with UEFI configured from the get-go... So running some sort of tool to "convert" from BIOS/MBR to UEFI/GPT isn't an option for me.
This same Windows 10 installer ISO works fine when I use Hyper-V (which defaults to UEFI mode) to build a VM.
What am I missing? I've pasted in a copy of the VMX file for reference.
Bryan
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When I attach the standard Windows 10 1909 installer ISO (volume license download), the VM refuses to boot from the ISO.
The displays shows that it's trying to boot first from the "VMWare virtual NVME...", then the Network. Both of which, of course fail. If I "Power on to firmware", and use the boot menu to select the "SATA CDRom" device, the screen just refreshes - the VM does nothing else.
If I switch the same guest into BIOS firmware, it boots the device just fine and begins the installation. Unfortunately, I don't want a BIOS guest, I want to handle the install with UEFI configured from the get-go... So running some sort of tool to "convert" from BIOS/MBR to UEFI/GPT isn't an option for me.
This same Windows 10 installer ISO works fine when I use Hyper-V (which defaults to UEFI mode) to build a VM.
What am I missing? I've pasted in a copy of the VMX file for reference.
Bryan
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.encoding = "windows-1252"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "18"
svga.autodetect = "FALSE"
mks.enable3d = "TRUE"
firmware = "efi"
bios.bootdelay = "5000"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
hpet0.present = "TRUE"
nvram = "tst801.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
powerType.powerOff = "soft"
powerType.powerOn = "soft"
powerType.suspend = "soft"
powerType.reset = "soft"
displayName = "tst801"
usb.vbluetooth.startConnected = "TRUE"
sensor.location = "pass-through"
guestOS = "windows9"
touchscreen.vusb.present = "TRUE"
tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
sound.autoDetect = "TRUE"
sound.virtualDev = "hdaudio"
sound.fileName = "-1"
sound.present = "TRUE"
numvcpus = "2"
cpuid.coresPerSocket = "2"
memsize = "4096"
mem.hotadd = "TRUE"
sata0.present = "TRUE"
nvme0.present = "TRUE"
nvme0:0.fileName = "tst801.vmdk"
nvme0:0.present = "TRUE"
sata0:1.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
sata0:1.fileName = "E:\Users_\Bryan Woods\Documents\media\LANDESK WinPE.iso"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
usb_xhci.present = "TRUE"
svga.maxHeight = "1200"
svga.maxWidth = "1600"
svga.vramSize = "134217728"
svga.graphicsMemoryKB = "8388608"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000e"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
extendedConfigFile = "tst801.vmxf"
floppy0.present = "FALSE"
numa.autosize.cookie = "20022"
numa.autosize.vcpu.maxPerVirtualNode = "2"
uuid.bios = "56 4d c5 e9 dd 83 59 bb-e4 80 99 4c 36 60 55 f7"
uuid.location = "56 4d c5 e9 dd 83 59 bb-e4 80 99 4c 36 60 55 f7"
vm.genid = "-1622754637558199632"
vm.genidX = "8587507180216582304"
nvme0:0.redo = ""
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
usb.pciSlotNumber = "32"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "160"
sound.pciSlotNumber = "33"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "34"
usb_xhci.pciSlotNumber = "192"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "35"
sata0.pciSlotNumber = "36"
nvme0.pciSlotNumber = "224"
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728"
vmotion.checkpointSVGAPrimarySize = "134217728"
vmotion.svga.mobMaxSize = "1073741824"
vmotion.svga.graphicsMemoryKB = "8388608"
vmotion.svga.supports3D = "0"
vmotion.svga.baseCapsLevel = "0"
vmotion.svga.maxPointSize = "0"
vmotion.svga.maxTextureSize = "0"
vmotion.svga.maxVolumeExtent = "0"
vmotion.svga.maxTextureAnisotropy = "0"
vmotion.svga.lineStipple = "0"
vmotion.svga.dxMaxConstantBuffers = "0"
vmotion.svga.dxProvokingVertex = "0"
vmotion.svga.sm41 = "0"
vmotion.svga.multisample2x = "0"
vmotion.svga.multisample4x = "0"
vmotion.svga.msFullQuality = "0"
vmotion.svga.logicOps = "0"
vmotion.svga.bc67 = "0"
vmotion.svga.sm5 = "0"
vmotion.svga.multisample8x = "0"
vmotion.svga.logicBlendOps = "0"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:60:55:f7"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
vmci0.id = "912283127"
monitor.phys_bits_used = "45"
cleanShutdown = "TRUE"
softPowerOff = "FALSE"
usb_xhci:6.speed = "2"
usb_xhci:6.present = "TRUE"
usb_xhci:6.deviceType = "hub"
usb_xhci:6.port = "6"
usb_xhci:6.parent = "-1"
usb_xhci:7.speed = "4"
usb_xhci:7.present = "TRUE"
usb_xhci:7.deviceType = "hub"
usb_xhci:7.port = "7"
usb_xhci:7.parent = "-1"
tools.remindInstall = "FALSE"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsisas1068"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:5.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
scsi0:5.fileName = "E:\Users_\Bryan Woods\Documents\media\LANDESK WinPE.iso"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "256"
scsi0.sasWWID = "50 05 05 69 dd 83 59 b0"
sata0:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
sata0:0.fileName = "E:\Users_\Bryan Woods\Documents\media\SW_DVD9_Win_Pro_10_1909.1_64BIT_English_Pro_Ent_EDU_N_MLF_X22-23306.ISO"
sata0:0.present = "TRUE"
uefi.secureBoot.enabled = "TRUE"
usb_xhci:4.present = "TRUE"
usb_xhci:4.deviceType = "hid"
usb_xhci:4.port = "4"
usb_xhci:4.parent = "-1"
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