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Windows 11 with kvm/virt-manager 3.2.0

Today, I encountered ‘This PC can’t run Windows 11’ while setting up a Windows 11 virtual machine with virt-manager. Quite annoying when the installer doesn’t specify which requirements weren’t met…

Here are the steps which I used to bypass the error:

  1. Install edk2-ovmf for UEFI and swtpm for Software TPM.
  2. Select Windows 11 ISO. virt-manager 3.2.0 still detects it as Windows 10.
  3. Ensure allocation of at least 4 GB of RAM, 2 CPU cores, and 64 GB of disk.
  4. Tick ‘Customize configuration before install’.
  5. Add Hardware, TPM, TIS, Emulated device, 2.0.
  6. Overview, Firmware to UEFI x86_64 with secure boot, Apply (important, or this will get reset!).
  7. Boot options, tick CDROM, increase priority (to top), Apply again.
  8. Begin installation.

Possibly unnecessary:
I encountered this strange problem where the screen was black after booting, so I changed video to VGA.
After installation, I installed spice-guest-tools and changed it back to QXL for auto-resizing.

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