# Support UEFI boot in ibvirt-manager **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [October 18, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/support-uefi-boot-in-ibvirt-manager/7573 "2022-10-18T01:06:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kyiu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df788c/32.png) [@kyiu](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/kyiu)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/support-uefi-boot-in-ibvirt-manager/7573/1 "2022-10-18T01:06:42Z")
I’m struggling to get homeassigant.qcow2 to bootup. Apparently this KVM image needs firmware UEFI x86\_64 configuration to boot. I’m running Rocky 8.6 with the default QEMU/KVM. I’ve tried all the available firmware options. It just won’t bootup the homeassistant.qcow2 image. It’s there any upgrade of Rocky or QEMU/KVM to solve this problem? ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/support-uefi-boot-in-ibvirt-manager/7573/2 "2022-10-18T06:20:19Z")
Try installing: ```auto dnf install edk2-ovmf ``` perhaps you don’t have this installed? This provides the ability to boot UEFI for KVM/QEMU. ---
**Author:** ![kyiu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df788c/32.png) [@kyiu](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/kyiu)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/support-uefi-boot-in-ibvirt-manager/7573/3 "2022-10-18T14:03:44Z")
thanks for your reply. Yes, the package is installed. pls see below… Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:38 ago on Tue 18 Oct 2022 10:00:38 AM EDT. Installed Packages Name : edk2-ovmf Version : 20220126gitbb1bba3d77 Release : 2.el8 Architecture : noarch Size : 12 M Source : edk2-20220126gitbb1bba3d77-2.el8.src.rpm Repository : @System From repo : appstream Summary : UEFI firmware for x86\_64 virtual machines URL : [http://www.tianocore.org/ovmf/](http://www.tianocore.org/ovmf/) License : BSD-2-Clause-Patent and OpenSSL Description : OVMF (Open Virtual Machine Firmware) is a project to enable UEFI : support for Virtual Machines. This package contains a sample : 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM. ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/support-uefi-boot-in-ibvirt-manager/7573/4 "2022-10-18T14:35:54Z")
Have you tried it on Rocky 9 which has newer KVM packages? Just in case it’s related to this. What does it say on the HomeAssistant website on how to use their image? ---
**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/support-uefi-boot-in-ibvirt-manager/7573/5 "2022-10-18T16:08:15Z")
I had UEFI-mode VM on CentOS Linux 8 host before we even knew it won’t last, so the host-side ought to be ok, be it 8 or 9. ---
**Author:** ![kyiu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df788c/32.png) [@kyiu](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/kyiu)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/support-uefi-boot-in-ibvirt-manager/7573/6 "2022-10-18T21:11:23Z")
I saw number of HomeAssistant users are having the same issue. One user suggested to downgrade it to the `OVMF-20150414-2.gitc9e5618.el7.noarch`. I’ve tried to do the downgrade on my Rocky system. I was unable to downgrade to the version suggested. I didn’t want to break my system for the app. I saw success with other users on other distro. Not sure what’s the difference. It’s a whole log of afford to upgrade my system to v9 for the app. I’d like to keep my system running for a while yet. ---
**Author:** ![gerry666uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gerry666uk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gerry666uk)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/support-uefi-boot-in-ibvirt-manager/7573/7 "2022-10-19T20:28:01Z")
You can definitely create vm guests with UEFI and secure boot on Rocky 8.5 and above (host and guest). ---
**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/support-uefi-boot-in-ibvirt-manager/7573/8 "2023-08-25T03:37:06Z")