Install Windows 11 on Proxmox 7

Sat, Oct 23, 2021

Steps required to install Windows 11 in Proxmox 7:

Download Windows 11.
Download virtio-win drivers for KVM https://github.com/virtio-win/virtio-win-pkg-scripts

Create a Virtual Machine in Proxmox with the following fields populated:

Section	Field	Value	Comments
General	Name	`name-of-vm`	Your VM Name
OS	Use CD/DVD	Your Windows 11 ISO
OS	Guest OS / Type	Microsoft Windows
OS	Guest OS / Version	10/2016/2019	Choose this version or later
System	SCSI Controller	VirtIO SCSI
System	Qemu Agent	Check
System	BIOS	OVMF (UEFI)
System	Add EFI Disk	Check	Pick a location for EFI Disk (same place as you Windows 11 Storage)
System	Machine	q35
System	Add TPM	Check
System	Storage		Same storage location
System	Version	v2.0	TPM Storage Version
Hard Disk	Bus/Device	VirtIO Block - 0
Hard Disk	Disk size (GiB)	64	Microsoft Recommends 64GB
CPU	Cores	4	Microsfot Recommends 2 or More
CPU	Type	kvm64 / Host	Host would be the best option, but make sure you have a similar setup if you want ot live migrate
Memory	Memory (MiB)	8192	its Windows 11, 8GB should give you some breathing room to test features
Memory	Balooning Device	Check	Enables reclaiming unused memory
Network	Model	VirtIO (Paravirtualized)

Add Another CD/DVD Drive for the VirtIO ISO Disk
Boot Up -> Install -> Windows 11 Installation -> Custom -> No Hard Drives
Click Load Driver -> CD Drive with virtio-win-XXXX
```
amd64 -> w10
```
Load network driver
```
NetKVM -> w10 -> amd64
```
After you have fully finished installing Windows, go to the CDROM, Choose the virtio-win-gt-x64 executable to bring up a menu that will install all the other required drivers.