KVM/QEMU Issue

Running in to a issue when trying to launch a vm

Unable to complete install: ‘operation failed: unable to find any master var store for loader: /usr/share/qemu/edk2-x86_64-code.fd’

I figure i would provide the vm xml file so that would help, to see what the issue was

<domain type="kvm">
  <name>win11</name>
  <uuid>e728a3f2-7841-4235-8ca1-a84cf8babf15</uuid>
  <metadata>
    <libosinfo:libosinfo xmlns:libosinfo="http://libosinfo.org/xmlns/libvirt/domain/1.0">
      <libosinfo:os id="http://microsoft.com/win/11"/>
    </libosinfo:libosinfo>
  </metadata>
  <memory unit="KiB">20971520</memory>
  <currentMemory unit="KiB">20971520</currentMemory>
  <memoryBacking>
    <source type="memfd"/>
    <access mode="shared"/>
  </memoryBacking>
  <vcpu placement="static">12</vcpu>
  <iothreads>2</iothreads>
  <cputune>
    <vcpupin vcpu="0" cpuset="0"/>
    <vcpupin vcpu="1" cpuset="8"/>
    <vcpupin vcpu="2" cpuset="1"/>
    <vcpupin vcpu="3" cpuset="9"/>
    <vcpupin vcpu="4" cpuset="2"/>
    <vcpupin vcpu="5" cpuset="10"/>
    <vcpupin vcpu="6" cpuset="3"/>
    <vcpupin vcpu="7" cpuset="11"/>
    <vcpupin vcpu="8" cpuset="4"/>
    <vcpupin vcpu="9" cpuset="12"/>
    <vcpupin vcpu="10" cpuset="5"/>
    <vcpupin vcpu="11" cpuset="13"/>
    <emulatorpin cpuset="6,14"/>
  </cputune>
  <os>
    <type arch="x86_64" machine="pc-q35-8.2">hvm</type>
    <loader readonly="yes" type="pflash" format="raw">/usr/share/edk2-ovmf/x64/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd</loader>
    <nvram format="raw">/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/win-gvr_VARS.fd</nvram>
    <boot dev="hd"/>
    <bootmenu enable="yes"/>
    <smbios mode="host"/>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
    <hap state="on"/>
    <hyperv mode="passthrough">
      <relaxed state="on"/>
      <vapic state="on"/>
      <spinlocks state="on" retries="8191"/>
      <vpindex state="on"/>
      <runtime state="on"/>
      <synic state="on"/>
      <stimer state="on"/>
      <reset state="on"/>
      <frequencies state="on"/>
      <reenlightenment state="on"/>
      <tlbflush state="on"/>
    </hyperv>
    <kvm>
      <hidden state="on"/>
    </kvm>
    <vmport state="off"/>
    <smm state="on"/>
    <ioapic driver="kvm"/>
  </features>
  <cpu mode="host-passthrough" check="none" migratable="on">
    <topology sockets="1" dies="1" clusters="1" cores="6" threads="2"/>
    <feature policy="require" name="invtsc"/>
    <feature policy="require" name="topoext"/>
    <feature policy="disable" name="hypervisor"/>
    <feature policy="require" name="svm"/>
  </cpu>
  <clock offset="localtime">
    <timer name="rtc" present="no" tickpolicy="catchup"/>
    <timer name="pit" present="no" tickpolicy="delay"/>
    <timer name="hpet" present="no"/>
    <timer name="hypervclock" present="yes"/>
    <timer name="tsc" present="yes" mode="native"/>
  </clock>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <pm>
    <suspend-to-mem enabled="no"/>
    <suspend-to-disk enabled="no"/>
  </pm>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
    <disk type="file" device="cdrom">
      <driver name="qemu" type="raw" cache="writeback"/>
      <source file="/home/kori/.iso/Win11_24H2_English_x64.iso"/>
      <target dev="sdb" bus="sata"/>
      <readonly/>
      <address type="drive" controller="0" bus="0" target="0" unit="1"/>
    </disk>
    <disk type="file" device="disk">
      <driver name="qemu" type="qcow2"/>
      <source file="/home/kori/VM/win11.qcow2"/>
      <target dev="sdc" bus="sata"/>
      <address type="drive" controller="0" bus="0" target="0" unit="2"/>
    </disk>
    <controller type="pci" index="0" model="pcie-root"/>
    <controller type="pci" index="1" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="1" port="0x10"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x0" multifunction="on"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="2" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="2" port="0x11"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x1"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="3" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="3" port="0x12"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x2"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="4" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="4" port="0x13"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x3"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="5" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="5" port="0x14"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x4"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="6" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="6" port="0x15"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x5"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="7" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="7" port="0x16"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x6"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="8" model="pcie-to-pci-bridge">
      <model name="pcie-pci-bridge"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x02" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="9" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="9" port="0x8"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x01" function="0x0" multifunction="on"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="10" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="10" port="0x9"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x01" function="0x1"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="11" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="11" port="0xa"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x01" function="0x2"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="12" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="12" port="0xb"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x01" function="0x3"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="13" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="13" port="0xc"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x01" function="0x4"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="14" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="14" port="0xd"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x01" function="0x5"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="pci" index="15" model="pcie-root-port">
      <model name="pcie-root-port"/>
      <target chassis="15" port="0xe"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x01" function="0x6"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="virtio-serial" index="0">
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x03" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="sata" index="0">
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x1f" function="0x2"/>
    </controller>
    <controller type="usb" index="0" model="qemu-xhci" ports="15">
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x0c" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
    </controller>
    <interface type="network">
      <mac address="52:54:00:7b:87:70"/>
      <source network="korinet"/>
      <model type="e1000e"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x01" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
    </interface>
    <channel type="unix">
      <target type="virtio" name="org.qemu.guest_agent.0"/>
      <address type="virtio-serial" controller="0" bus="0" port="2"/>
    </channel>
    <channel type="spicevmc">
      <target type="virtio" name="com.redhat.spice.0"/>
      <address type="virtio-serial" controller="0" bus="0" port="1"/>
    </channel>
    <input type="mouse" bus="ps2"/>
    <input type="keyboard" bus="ps2"/>
    <input type="mouse" bus="virtio">
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x0e" function="0x0"/>
    </input>
    <input type="keyboard" bus="virtio">
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x0f" function="0x0"/>
    </input>
    <tpm model="tpm-tis">
      <backend type="emulator" version="2.0"/>
    </tpm>
    <graphics type="spice" autoport="yes">
      <listen type="address"/>
      <image compression="off"/>
      <gl enable="no"/>
    </graphics>
    <audio id="1" type="pulseaudio" serverName="/run/user/1000/pulse/native"/>
    <video>
      <model type="vga" vram="16384" heads="1" primary="yes"/>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x08" slot="0x02" function="0x0"/>
    </video>
    <hostdev mode="subsystem" type="pci" managed="yes">
      <source>
        <address domain="0x0000" bus="0x0f" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
      </source>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x06" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode="subsystem" type="pci" managed="yes">
      <source>
        <address domain="0x0000" bus="0x0f" slot="0x00" function="0x1"/>
      </source>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x07" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode="subsystem" type="pci" managed="yes">
      <source>
        <address domain="0x0000" bus="0x05" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
      </source>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x09" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
    </hostdev>
    <watchdog model="itco" action="reset"/>
    <memballoon model="virtio">
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x05" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
    </memballoon>
    <shmem name="looking-glass">
      <model type="ivshmem-plain"/>
      <size unit="M">64</size>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x08" slot="0x01" function="0x0"/>
    </shmem>
  </devices>
</domain>

Inisde your xml file i missing some entries about secure-boot like this

feature enabled=“yes” name=“secure-boot”/
or this
secure=“yes” type=“pflash” format=“raw”>/usr/share/edk2/x64/OVMF_CODE.secboot.4m.fd

you have some options now

pls read this about secure boot and q35
https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/kernel-args-for-qemu-kvm-with-uefi-4175697236/page3.html

reinstall complete your virtualisation about garuda assistent ( or handmade pacman) and try again.

try virtualbox ( i mean there is inside the option for enabling secureboot but not sure → i use only KVM/QEMU
or
use rufus to make a win11.iso :upside_down_face:

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