Hi, I am new to virt-install and just a regular user of UEFI, so forgive me if I ask something stupid.
I am trying to create and start a VM with virt-install so that - it needs to boot with UEFI, - if the first disk is "empty" (just created, not partitioned), then the system should boot from the second HDD, which contains an installer image, - otherwise if an UEFI bootable system is found in the first HDD, then it should boot from that. (it is also OK if I could change the boot order after the VM is booted (during installation it gets rebooted) - it should happen without manual intervention (e.g. interactive boot menu), fully scripted. So far I put together a command line something like this: INSTALLER_IMAGE_PATH=/path/to/installer-image.qcow2 virt-install --name my-vm --network default --connect qemu:///system --memory=4096 --cpu=host --vcpus=2 --os-type=linux --os-variant=generic --noautoconsole --events on_poweroff=preserve --disk pool=default,size=30 --disk $INSTALLER_IMAGE_PATH --boot loader=/usr/share/ovmf/x64/OVMF_CODE.fd,loader_ro=yes,loader_type=pflash,nvram_template=/usr/share/ovmf/x64/OVMF_VARS.fd,loader_secure=no The "--boot loader=/usr/share/ovmf/x64/OVMF_CODE.fd,loader_ro=yes,loader_type=pflash,nvram_template=/usr/share/ovmf/x64/OVMF_VARS.fd,loader_secure=no" magic I googled from somewhere, as the "--boot uefi" option did not work (gave "ERROR Error: --boot uefi: Did not find any UEFI binary path for arch 'x86_64'"). The OVMF file paths are based on the Arch linux ovmf package. The problem with this is that the system does not boots the installer image, but I get an "UEFI Interactive Shell v2.2" screen. If I switch the order of the two disks, then the installer image is booted (but that's not what I want): # This one boots the installer image, but the order of the disks are reversed virt-install --name my-vm --network default --connect qemu:///system --memory=4096 --cpu=host --vcpus=2 --os-type=linux --os-variant=generic --noautoconsole --events on_poweroff=preserve --disk $INSTALLER_IMAGE_PATH --disk pool=default,size=30 --boot loader=/usr/share/ovmf/x64/OVMF_CODE.fd,loader_ro=yes,loader_type=pflash,nvram_template=/usr/share/ovmf/x64/OVMF_VARS.fd,loader_secure=no (Also, it would be nice if usb boot would would be supported and I could change the boot order like disk, usb.) $ virt-install --version 2.0.0 $ qemu-system-x86_64 --version QEMU emulator version 3.1.0 Copyright (c) 2003-2018 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers Regards, Attila
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