Have you tried with a stock kernel instead of zen?
And windows doesn't support virtio video, use qxl.
Zen kernel should be fine. I've been running it for 4 years and haven't had any issues specific to zen.
I've tried on zen and lts, I don't have the stock kernel
Windows does support VirtIO if you load the drivers at setup. QXL doesn't help either, also tried VGA, same problem.
There are a lot more settings that could be relevant.
Tell me what u need and I tell you what I have
CPU settings, including how your actual bios is configured. It kind of sounds like something isn't turned on.
Enabled: SVM mode (CPU virtualization) TPM 2.0 Secure Boot
Disabled: Windows 10 WHQL support Legacy Boot
Anything else is pretty much default
I'm not in a position to check at the moment, but I think I used to have to set the CPU to something older (like, very old Core2Duo).
I've tried all the CPU settings in virt-manager, my HOST runs Windows 10 just fine, still crashes if I use Host or nearest ro host in virt-manager
Does anything else work? For example, can you boot a Debian live disk? What about a Debian install on a VM? This will help isolate the problem to internal or external of the hypervisor.
every other linux distro I tried (Fedora, Manjaro, Linux Mint) worked fine in live usb, didn't install any of them though
To me this reads like a driver issue. You could try loading Windows VirtIO drivers during installation and see if that fixes the issues.
that's the thing, I BSOD right before the setup
Is your CPU set to run on 4 sockets instead of core/thread combo in 1 socket?
yeah I changed the settings there but it didn't change anything
Just to be sure, you are getting your vanilla iso from MS?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO
It has been a while since I've grabbed a recent iso, but I've always used these with no issue in virt-manager.
Yeah I did, used genuine Windows 10 and 11 images before I tried modded ones
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