Can't boot imported image from physical Windows disk

Incus is 6.12, the operating system is Rocky Linux 9.5.

Hello. I’m getting

BdsDxe: faild to load Boot0001 "UEFI QEMU QEMU HARDDISK" from PciRoot (0x0)/Pci (0x1,0x1)/Pci (0x0,0x0)/Scsi (0x0,0x1): Not Found

My process was:

0 - Install virtio drivers in my 2012r2 computer.
1 - Create image from my current installation using disk2vhd
2 - Convert image to raw using qemu-img convert -f vhdx -O raw 2012.vhdx 2012.raw
3 - Import image as VM with UEFI without SecureBoot using bin.linux.incus-migrate.x86_64

The resultant VM:

incus config show 2k12 --expanded

architecture: x86_64
config:
  security.secureboot: "false"
  volatile.cloud-init.instance-id: 04d79a39-0be5-4a4e-bc65-1a68e0ab0360
  volatile.eth0.hwaddr: 10:66:6a:7b:4f:23
  volatile.last_state.power: STOPPED
  volatile.last_state.ready: "false"
  volatile.uuid: af30dec0-df0e-4479-be9f-36fc51209887
  volatile.uuid.generation: af30dec0-df0e-4479-be9f-36fc51209887
  volatile.vm.definition: pc-q35-rhel9.6.0
  volatile.vsock_id: "3737030750"
devices:
  eth0:
    name: eth0
  network: incusbr0
    type: nic
  root:
    path: /
    pool: default2
    type: disk
ephemeral: false
profiles:
- default
stateful: false
description: ""

and then incus start 2k12 --console=vga, and then get the UEFI error.

I saw Boot issue on imported win vm - #4 by stgraber and the solution posted there, but

incus config device override 2k12 root io.bus=nvme

gives me

Error: the device already exists

Can you help?

Are you sure you had UEFI on the source VM?
May be worth a try with security.csm=true to see if it’s a legacy BIOS install.

Hi! ummm

incus config set 2k12 security.csm=true
Error: Couldn’t find one of the required UEFI firmware files:

So, I missed something?

EDIT: I have an EFI partition in the source disk, for sure.
EDIT2: I did ln -s /usr/share/seabios/bios-256k.bin /usr/share/OVMF/seabios.bin and now it stucks in

“Booting from Hard Disk…”

Hmm, okay, so not a legacy BIOS either…
Can you run gdisk -l on your 2012.raw to see what we’re dealing with?

This:


GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.7

The protective MBR's 0xEE partition is oversized! Auto-repairing.

Partition table scan:
  MBR: protective
  BSD: not present
  APM: not present
  GPT: present

Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
Disk /dev/loop0: 937703088 sectors, 447.1 GiB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512/512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): FD1961E9-3A35-40BA-8AA4-72F43B4B29A3
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
Main partition table begins at sector 2 and ends at sector 33
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 937703054
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 368642014 sectors (175.8 GiB)

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
   1            2048          616447   300.0 MiB   2700  Basic data partition
   2          616448          819199   99.0 MiB    EF00  EFI system partition
   3          819200         1081343   128.0 MiB   0C01  Microsoft reserved ...
   4         1081344       569063054   270.8 GiB   0700  Basic data partition

Okay, there’s definitely an ESP on there so not sure where that “Not found” is coming from… Any chance you can list the content of the ESP (second partition)?

Yes, I have access to physical machine:

Z:\
└───EFI
    ├───Microsoft
    │   └───Boot
    │       ├───bg-BG
    │       ├───cs-CZ
    │       ├───da-DK
    │       ├───de-DE
    │       ├───el-GR
    │       ├───en-GB
    │       ├───en-US
    │       ├───es-ES
    │       ├───et-EE
    │       ├───fi-FI
    │       ├───fr-FR
    │       ├───hr-HR
    │       ├───hu-HU
    │       ├───it-IT
    │       ├───ja-JP
    │       ├───ko-KR
    │       ├───lt-LT
    │       ├───lv-LV
    │       ├───nb-NO
    │       ├───nl-NL
    │       ├───pl-PL
    │       ├───pt-BR
    │       ├───pt-PT
    │       ├───qps-ploc
    │       ├───ro-RO
    │       ├───ru-RU
    │       ├───sk-SK
    │       ├───sl-SI
    │       ├───sr-Latn-CS
    │       ├───sr-Latn-RS
    │       ├───sv-SE
    │       ├───tr-TR
    │       ├───uk-UA
    │       ├───zh-CN
    │       ├───zh-HK
    │       ├───zh-TW
    │       ├───Fonts
    │       └───Resources
    │           ├───de-DE
    │           ├───en-US
    │           ├───es-ES
    │           ├───fr-FR
    │           └───it-IT
    └───Boot

and


PS Z:\EFI> dir Boot


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Boot


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        20/11/2014     23:09    1617240 bootx64.efi

and all the files

PS Z:\> get-childitem z:\ -Recurse | sort-object name


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        21/05/2025     13:23      45056 BCD
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            bg-BG


    Directorio: Z:\EFI


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            Boot


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d----        28/09/2017      6:09            Boot


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        18/06/2013      6:49       4247 boot.stl
-a---        20/11/2014     23:09    1617240 bootmgfw.efi


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bg-BG


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      77152 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\da-DK


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      75616 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\de-DE


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      78688 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\nl-NL


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      77664 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\cs-CZ


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76128 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\pt-PT


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76640 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\qps-ploc


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        20/11/2014     22:44      73560 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\ro-RO


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      75616 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\ja-JP


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      67424 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\pl-PL


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      77664 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\pt-BR


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76128 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\nb-NO


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      75104 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\hr-HR


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76128 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\fr-FR


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      78688 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\lt-LT


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      75616 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\it-IT


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76640 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\ko-KR


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      66912 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\hu-HU


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      78176 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\fi-FI


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76640 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\en-US


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      73568 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\en-GB


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      73568 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\el-GR


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      79712 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\et-EE


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      74592 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\es-ES


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      77152 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\lv-LV


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      75104 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\ru-RU


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76640 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\sr-Latn-CS


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76640 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\tr-TR


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      75104 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\sv-SE


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76128 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\zh-TW


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      63840 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\sr-Latn-RS


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76640 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\zh-HK


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      63832 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\uk-UA


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76640 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\zh-CN


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      63840 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\sk-SK


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76640 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\sl-SI


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76128 bootmgfw.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        20/11/2014     23:09    1614168 bootmgr.efi


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\en-GB


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      73568 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\zh-CN


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      63840 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\zh-HK


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      63840 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\en-US


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      73568 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\lv-LV


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      75104 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\es-ES


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      77152 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\ko-KR


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      66912 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\fr-FR


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      78688 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\hr-HR


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76128 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\it-IT


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76640 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\hu-HU


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      78176 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\ja-JP


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      67424 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\lt-LT


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      75616 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\et-EE


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      74592 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\fi-FI


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76640 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\zh-TW


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      63840 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\el-GR


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      79712 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\pl-PL


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      77664 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\pt-BR


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76128 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\sr-Latn-CS


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76640 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\sl-SI


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76128 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\sk-SK


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76640 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\ru-RU


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76640 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\ro-RO


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      75616 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\pt-PT


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76640 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\qps-ploc


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        20/11/2014     22:44      73560 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\nl-NL


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      77664 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\uk-UA


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76640 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\da-DK


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      75616 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\nb-NO


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      75104 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\de-DE


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      78688 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\tr-TR


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      75104 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\sv-SE


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76128 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\cs-CZ


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76128 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\sr-Latn-RS


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      76640 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bg-BG


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      77152 bootmgr.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Resources


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/08/2013      4:39      18272 bootres.dll


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Resources\it-IT


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/12/2014     14:52      11616 bootres.dll.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Resources\en-US


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        20/11/2014     21:53      11616 bootres.dll.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Resources\es-ES


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/12/2014     15:11      11616 bootres.dll.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Resources\de-DE


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/12/2014     15:01      11616 bootres.dll.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Resources\fr-FR


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        22/12/2014     14:42      11616 bootres.dll.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Boot


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        20/11/2014     23:09    1617240 bootx64.efi


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Fonts


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        18/06/2013      6:42    3694080 chs_boot.ttf
-a---        18/06/2013      6:42    3876772 cht_boot.ttf


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            cs-CZ
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            da-DK
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            de-DE


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Resources


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            de-DE


    Directorio: Z:\


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d----        28/09/2017      6:09            EFI


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            el-GR
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            en-GB
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            en-US


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Resources


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            en-US


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            es-ES


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Resources


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            es-ES


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            et-EE
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            fi-FI
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            Fonts


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Resources


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            fr-FR


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            fr-FR
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            hr-HR
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            hu-HU


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Resources


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            it-IT


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            it-IT
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            ja-JP


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Fonts


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
-a---        18/06/2013      6:42    1984228 jpn_boot.ttf


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            ko-KR


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Fonts


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
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    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot


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d----        28/09/2017     10:04            lv-LV


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\Fonts


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-a---        18/06/2013      6:42     165764 malgunn_boot.ttf
-a---        18/06/2013      6:42     134508 meiryo_boot.ttf
-a---        18/06/2013      6:42     132888 meiryon_boot.ttf


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-a---        20/11/2014     23:09    1500504 memtest.efi


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-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      45408 memtest.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\zh-HK


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-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      42336 memtest.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\zh-TW


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-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      42336 memtest.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\tr-TR


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-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      45408 memtest.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\it-IT


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-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      45408 memtest.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\zh-CN


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-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      42336 memtest.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\cs-CZ


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-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      45408 memtest.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\nb-NO


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-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      45920 memtest.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\da-DK


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-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      45408 memtest.efi.mui


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\nl-NL


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-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      45920 memtest.efi.mui


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-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      45408 memtest.efi.mui


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-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      42848 memtest.efi.mui


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-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      45920 memtest.efi.mui


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-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      42848 memtest.efi.mui


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-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      45920 memtest.efi.mui


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-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      45408 memtest.efi.mui


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-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      45920 memtest.efi.mui


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-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      45920 memtest.efi.mui


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-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      45408 memtest.efi.mui


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-a---        22/08/2013      4:35      44896 memtest.efi.mui


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    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot


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-a---        18/06/2013      6:42      47452 wgl4_boot.ttf


    Directorio: Z:\EFI\Microsoft\Boot


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d----        28/09/2017     10:04            zh-CN
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            zh-HK
d----        28/09/2017     10:04            zh-TW

Okay, that looks fine, Z:\EFI\BOOT\bootx64.efi should get picked up by the firmware… Not sure why we’re getting that “Not Found”. Is there anything useful you can do from within the BIOS menu (ESC during boot).

Hello again.

The EFI Shell is not able to see any filesystem, only block devices, so I tried to mount the partition from the raw image (after mounting the image in a loop device), and the EFI partition is corrupted.

I began the process again but something in it always corrupts the EFI partition. So I returned to the physical computer and

  1. recreated the EFI filesystem in an external disk,

Back to the incus sever

  1. delete the EFI partition in my raw image
  2. create a fat32 partition in the image, EFI type
  3. mount the EFI part in the image to
  4. copy the EFI files recreated in point 1 to the EFI partition in the raw image

And imported again the raw image. Now the EFI partiton is ok for sure in the raw image and now the VM starts booting but after a while it turn to ERROR status. It just show se starting circle animation under the tianocore logo, then stops and enter in the ERROR mode.

incus info w2012 --show-log

Name: w2012
Description: 
Status: ERROR
Type: virtual-machine
Architecture: x86_64
Created: 2025/05/27 10:15 CEST
Last Used: 2025/05/27 13:30 CEST

Log:

qemu-system-x86_64: Unable to use linux io_uring, falling back to thread pool: failed to init linux io_uring ring: Operation not permitted
 grep IO_URING /boot/config-$(uname -r)
CONFIG_IO_URING=y

As I said, I installed Virtio drivers before create the VHD image. What could be happening now?