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Setup

Host

OS

Manjaro XFCE x86_64

Apps

packer (plugins: qemu)
virt-install
virt-viewer
virt-manager

Guest

OS:                Arch Linux  
Hypervisor:        QEMU KVM  
Architecture:      x64
Machine Type:      qc35
EFI Firmware Code: /usr/share/edk2-ovmf/x64/OVMF_CODE.fd
EFI Firmware Vars: /usr/share/edk2-ovmf/x64/OVMF_VARS.fd

See https://github.com/safenetwork-community/bastille-installer/tree/arch for the box I'm trying to build.

I'm trying to build a vagrant box with Arch Linux OS installed and some app that needs to use partitions, so I can't use docker for this.

I also like using EFI for this, although not really necessary, I'm a perfectionist when it comes to this project of mine.

The last time I worked on this, I took compromises and support dropped for one piece of software making the box permanently outdated.

So I want to do it right this time around and want nothing but the best of everything that I perceive as such.

The problem is with EFI.

After building the box with packer build I can't run the box without receiving an error.

error

Starting install...
ERROR  Unable to rename file '(null).new' to '(null)': Bad address
Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
virsh --connect qemu:///system start testvm1
otherwise, please restart your installation.

This happens when running the command below:

virt-install command

sudo virt-install \
--name bastille-installer \
--vcpu 2 \
--memory 1024 \
--osinfo archlinux \
--disk /var/lib/libvirt/images/bastille-installer_qemu_archlinux-2023-05.qcow2 \
--import \
--boot loader=/usr/share/edk2-ovmf/x64/OVMF_CODE.fd,loader.readonly=yes,loader.type=pflash,nvram.template=/usr/share/edk2-ovmf/x64/OVMF_VARS.fd,loader_secure=no

I'm at a loss as to why, what or where a '(null).new' is being renamed to '(null)'. Can anyone here help me out with this issue?

[EDIT] I've discovered I could add a --debug parameter to virt-install. I slightly altered the --disk option in this run from copy-pasting setups of people with similar issues.

The verbose error looks like so: https://gist.github.com/Folaht/f5f337449800780c0da1d839171e078d

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I found the answer.
/usr/share/edk2-ovmf is a symbolic link to /usr/share/edk2 and that seems to have thrown off virt-install trying to find the nvram_template file.

This unfortunately brings me back to my original problem.
So I will just have to ask again, now with extra information.

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