Windows-11 22H2 upgrade problems

Windows-11 22H2 upgrade problems

[ToddAndMargo]

Hi All,

Fedora 36
qemu-kvm-6.2.0-15.fc36.x86_64
Windows 11 Pro

Any of you guys having troubles upgrading Windows-11
build 21H2 to 22H2?

I am upgrading from the ISO:
    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download
/windows11

using the US English version:
    Win11_22H2_English_x64.iso

The install goes all the way through the process and
when It does its final reboot, it throws the "Installation
failed in SAFE_OS phase with an error during BOOT
operation 0xC1900101 0x20017".

According to
 
https://www.yourwindowsguide.com/2021/08/troubleshoot-windows-11-upgrade-failures.html

the log file for SafeOS errors is:

          C:\$Windows.~BT\Sources\Panther: File named
          Setupact.log records actions in the downlevel
          and SafeOS phase. As the log can be very
          large, setup also creates a file named
          “Setuperr.log” that only has information
          about the errors encountered by the Setup
          to narrow the source of the problem.

And from the same reference:

      Error Code Troubleshooting

      C1900101-20017 A driver has caused an illegal
      operation. Make sure all unnecessary devices
      are disconnected except the keyboard and mouse.
      Remove any 3rd party anti-virus.Make sure BIOS
      firmware is updated on the motherboard.

which means there is a problem with a driver. I removed everything 
except the keyboard and mouse. No joy.

And I can't find anything in the logs either.

It also begs the issue of why 21H2 is "safe" and 22H2
is not.

Any of you experiencing this?  If so, how did you
work around it?

Many thanks,
-T


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Re: Windows-11 22H2 upgrade problems

[Sean Christopherson]

On Wed, Oct 05, 2022, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Fedora 36
> qemu-kvm-6.2.0-15.fc36.x86_64
> Windows 11 Pro
> 
> Any of you guys having troubles upgrading Windows-11
> build 21H2 to 22H2?
> 
> I am upgrading from the ISO:
>    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download
> /windows11
> 
> using the US English version:
>    Win11_22H2_English_x64.iso
> 
> The install goes all the way through the process and
> when It does its final reboot, it throws the "Installation
> failed in SAFE_OS phase with an error during BOOT
> operation 0xC1900101 0x20017".

There's a decent chance you're hitting known bugs in KVM's SMM emulation that can
cause Windows 11 with Secure Boot to crash.  If you can build+install a custom
host kernel, the in-progress fixes[*] are healthy enough that you can try them out
locally.

[*] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220803155011.43721-1-mlevitsk@redhat.com