topic Re: Cannot create a Windows 11 VM on Ubuntu 22.04 in VMware Workstation Pro Discussions

Cannot create a Windows 11 VM on Ubuntu 22.04

chribonn — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 15:43:13 GMT

I installed VMWare 17 and am trying to create a Windows 11 x64 from the ISO I downloaded from Microsoft (Win11_22H2_English_x64v1.iso).

During the new VM configuration is ISO is identified as being Windows 11.

I configure the machine to boot from the ISO.

When I start the VM the CD icon on the status bar has a red cross on it and the machine never boots. The message log reports "If you have an operating system installation disc, you can insert the disc into the system's CD-ROM drive and restart the virtual machine."

I am not able to remove the red cross from the CD icon.

Also I'm not able to enter into the the BIOS of the newly created VM.

Thanks

Update

I copied a VM I had on a Windows platform and ran it. It asked whether I moved or copied the VM and I selected copy.

The VM never came up.

Re: Cannot create a Windows 11 VM on Ubuntu 22.04

Technogeezer — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 22:28:36 GMT

What is the configuration of the system you're running Workstation on?

You need to be a bit more specific on what happened. "the machine never boots" or "it never came up" are very vague descriptions.

Does the boot hang? Does it drop into a PXE boot prompt?

Does the virtual machine configuration meet Windows 11 minimum configurations: TPM, UEFI Securie Boot, 2 CPU, 4GB memory, 64GB virtual hard drive?

Did you verify the checksum of the download ISO file?

Re: Cannot create a Windows 11 VM on Ubuntu 22.04

chribonn — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 20:06:40 GMT

The M/B is ASUS PRIME Z690-P D4 with 64G RAM. Video is from the motherboard.

I tried numerous attempts at creating the VM accepting the defaults, at times exceeding them.

I specify the location of the ISO and VMWare identifies that it is a Windows 11 installation disk.

When I start the VM the ISO file is not load.

I'll uninstall VMWare and reinstall it again. I'll post screen shots. I'll post the log.

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I mentioned that I transferred a running VM (Windows 10) from an old computer and even this didn't load.

Re: Cannot create a Windows 11 VM on Ubuntu 22.04

chribonn — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 13:32:28 GMT

Hello

As promised I am sharing my experience, screenshots and logs in the hope that I can resolve this blocking point. Below is some of the output of the sudo lshw.

acb-desktop description: Desktop Computer product: System Product Name (SKU) vendor: ASUS version: System Version serial: System Serial Number width: 64 bits capabilities: smbios-3.4.0 dmi-3.4.0 smp vsyscall32 configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop family=To be filled by O.E.M. sku=SKU uuid=c4cf9cc2-8627-23a8-30fc-a036bce58196 *-core description: Motherboard product: PRIME Z690-P D4 vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. physical id: 0 version: Rev 1.xx serial: 220808794600068 slot: Default string *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: American Megatrends Inc. physical id: 0 version: 1620 date: 08/13/2022 size: 64KiB capacity: 24MiB capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppynec int13floppytoshiba int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int14serial int17printer int10video usb biosbootspecification uefi *-memory description: System Memory physical id: 46 slot: System board or motherboard size: 64GiB *-cpu description: CPU product: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700K vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 5c bus info: cpu@0 version: 6.183.1 serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M. slot: LGA1700 size: 3118MHz capacity: 5376MHz width: 64 bits clock: 100MHz *-pci description: Host bridge product: Intel Corporation vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: Intel Corporation vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 logical name: /dev/fb0 version: 04 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pciexpress msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom fb configuration: depth=32 driver=i915 latency=0 mode=1920x1080 resolution=1920,1080 visual=truecolor xres=1920 yres=1080 resources: iomemory:600-5ff iomemory:400-3ff irq:193 memory:6002000000-6002ffffff memory:4000000000-400fffffff ioport:6000(size=64) memory:c0000-dffff memory:4010000000-4016ffffff memory:4020000000-40ffffffff *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: Intel Corporation vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 6 bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0 version: 01 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:122 memory:85600000-856fffff *-nvme description: NVMe device product: Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB vendor: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 logical name: /dev/nvme0 version: 5B2QGXA7 serial: S69ENX0TA28269Z width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: nvme pm msi pciexpress msix nvm_express bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=nvme latency=0 nqn=nqn.1994-11.com.samsung:nvme:980PRO:M.2:S69ENX0TA28269Z state=live resources: irq:16 memory:85600000-85603fff

I uninstalled VMWare, redownloaded and installed again. The installation appears to have gone OK.

I created a new VM. I went with the typical option and always exceeded the minimum suggested by VMWare.

The source was the ISO of Windows 11 x 64 sourced from Microsoft. Before attempting to install I mounted it without any issues. I set the CD as being the ISO and VMWare detected that this was Windows 11 x64.

After clicking the Finish nothing happened. I noticed that the icon for the CD had a red X on it. After a minute I got a message that no OS could be found.

I'm including the vmware log.

@Technogeezer could it be that the Intel 500 Chipset on this M/Board will not boot in UEFI with CSM when the video is the one on board? This is because chipset does not support UEFI VBIOS graphic card, hence the integrated graphics mode does not support legacy boot and CSM option becomes non-configurable.

If that is the case can you maybe guide me on how to circumvent this,

Thanks

Re: Cannot create a Windows 11 VM on Ubuntu 22.04

chribonn — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 09:16:42 GMT

Hi,

Are there others who have a similar problem.

Thanks

Re: Cannot create a Windows 11 VM on Ubuntu 22.04

chribonn — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 10:40:10 GMT

I don't know whether VMWare is popular and used by Ubuntu users since I come from Windows.

It would be helpful to establish whether people running Ubuntu 22.04 and VMWare 17 are able to boot from Windows ISOs in order to set up the guest VM.

I know that there are other virtualisation products popular with Ubuntu community but would like avoid having to port over VMs I've accumulated over the years (Windows 3.1, etc).

Thanks

Re: Cannot create a Windows 11 VM on Ubuntu 22.04

chribonn — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 08:54:13 GMT

I created a video of the process I experience when I try to create a Windows 7 Guest on the Linux host.

The boot drive is never detected and therefore there is no boot process from it.

Being new to VMWare on Linux I don't know if this is standard behaviour.

Is there a way to escalate the topic to someone more technical?

Thanks

Re: Cannot create a Windows 11 VM on Ubuntu 22.04

chribonn — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 18:10:01 GMT

I can confirm that VMWare 17 for Windows (running on top of Windows 11) works. The hardware is the exact hardware used on Linux.

The BIOS screen appears and the ISO boot works.