Virt Manager installation stuck on installing boot loader with UEFI

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I’ve been wanting to try Fedora in a Virt Manger created VM for several times since Fedora 37, and although I could install Fedora by using a USB stick, when I want to install with Virt Manager and with UEFI mode, it always stuck at the “installing boot loader” step. And the installer along with the circling animation will completely freeze. I wonder what’s the fix for it?

My host machine is Arch Linux, and I’m using OVMF_for_virtual_machines , and “UEFI” and firmware in VM set up.

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When I install into a VM I download the iso to the host and install directly from that iso.

I am not running Arch nor do I use OVMF, but have never had a similar issue during the install when using libvirt and QEMU and VMM on a fedora host.

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Hi Jeff,

Thank you for your reply.

When I install into a VM I download the iso to the host and install directly from that iso.

Me, too.

have never had a similar issue during the install

Did you try using UEFI mode in VMM? I can proceed in BIOS mode without issue, too. But usually I want to install into a GPT partitioned USB HDD with UEFI environment, so that I could boot them on bare metal machines later, without wasting yet another USB stick or USB drive for the installation. Plus, I can use my host machine to look up documentation and write installation notes for myself, too.

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Added f40, installation, virt-manager, workstation

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I just did a new install from the f40 live iso using VMM with uefi mode and it worked flawlessly.
When selecting uefi on the config with VMM I always select the UEFI option at the top of the list. Any other options there have failed to properly load/install/boot so I use what works for me.

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Thank you for your effort!

I guess I’ll first try to find some help from Arch Community. If I discovered any clue that the issue lies within Fedora, I’ll open up another topic for it. If I found a solution, I’ll report back here.

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I have the same issue with Fedora 40 Workstation Gnome Boxes running on openSUSE Tumbleweed. Had to choose BIOS option instead of UEFI for installation to succeed.