[Fixed] Windows 10 EFI guest fails to boot with VBoxSVGA

[skoehler]

Hi,

my Windows 10 guest which has been installed with EFI enabled does boot fine with VBoxVGA, but as soon as I switch to VBoxSVGA, it doesn't boot anymore.
The screen remains black and the virtualbox EFI logo never shows up. The harddisk never shows any activity.

The virtual hardware is ICH9 and my virtualbox version is 6.0.2.

Is there some problem with EFI and VBoxSVGA in general? The problem might not be related to the guest OS at all, since the virtualbox logo is shown by the BIOS, right?

Anyhow, this seems like an issue I should report.

[andyp73]

The virtual hardware is ICH9

The ICH9 chipset is very clearly labelled as experimental and for macOS (OS X) guests only. If you created the guest configuration from scratch then the default is set to PIIX3 for a reason!

Is there some problem with EFI and VBoxSVGA in general?

The VBoxSVGA device is new (in v6.0.0) and has some known issues. For the time being you are probably best off sticking with the VBoxVGA (no S).

-Andy.

[socratis]

Take a look at the "Known Issues" in the "Discuss the 6.0.0 release" thread.

You're describing ticket #18282: EFI shell not shown when VMSVGA or VBoxSVGA is chosen. No installation is possible.

[Solidus]

Do this, create your VM and load ISO image then
go to settings:
System->Motherboard, change chipset to ICH9, enable EFI, I/O APIC
Processor - Set to 2

Now go to display:
Max video Memory
For Graphics controller enable 3D Acceleration and 2D Video Acceleration

[socratis]

System->Motherboard, change chipset to ICH9, enable EFI, I/O APIC

No don't. Especially the ICH9 chipset! That bug is already fixed, so please don't try to fix with experimental workarounds what's already addressed.

Marking the thread as [Fixed].