id = 1115
title = "qemu 7.0.0 stuck at Windows boot logo with SeaBios and MBR disk"
state = "opened"
created_at = "2022-07-22T05:58:30.352Z"
closed_at = "n/a"
labels = ["hostos: Windows", "target: i386"]
url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1115"
host-os = "Manjaro fully updated"
host-arch = "x86_64"
qemu-version = "7.0.0"
guest-os = "Windows 10 21H1, Windows 10 PE iso"
guest-arch = "x86_64"
description = """When trying to boot an MBR Windows guest with SeaBios, it is stuck at the blue Windows boot logo, before the loading circle.
Changing the vGPU doesn't help, 0% cpu load just frozen. Even if I boot a WinPE iso, the same happens.
Even after 30 minutes, the same.
Rebooted host multiple times.
Since SeaBios is the default in qemu and virt-manager I imagine many VMs are installed as MBR and thus will be stuck.
To boot the VM I have to:
- switch to UEFI (TianoCore)
- boot WinPE iso
- use proprietary software to convert the Windows disk from MBR to GPT
Then it boots just fine but I imagine not many users will be able to do this."""
reproduce = """1. boot Windows image / WinPE iso with SeaBios"""
additional = "n/a"