Windows 7 Setup hangs at "Starting Windows" using Proxmox 4.2
Solution 1:
It's a (known) bug.
Workaround: Change the display from 'default' to 'cirrus'. You can find this setting under hardware > display.
Or, if you are creating the VM on the command line using virt-install, just add --video cirrus. For example:
sudo virt-install \
--virt-type=kvm \
--name windows7 \
--ram 2048 \
--vcpus=2 \
--os-variant=win7 \
--virt-type=kvm \
--hvm \
--cdrom=/var/lib/libvirt/boot/windows7.iso \
--network=bridge=virbr0,model=virtio \
--graphics vnc \
--disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/windows7.qcow2,size=256,sparse=yes,bus=virtio,format=qcow2 \
--video cirrus
Solution 2:
The solution is to switch to "cirrus" on VGA options. That work for me.