“Windows 11 VM Won’t Boot on HexOS — ‘ISO Locked by Root’ and VNC Shows Shell”

[toothless]

“I’m trying to set up a Windows 11 VM on HexOS using a VIRTIO disk and a Win11 ISO. The VM is running, but when I open VNC, I only see a shell instead of the Windows installer. The hypervisor reports that the ISO is ‘locked by root,’ and I’m unsure how to give the VM access to the ISO and disk. I need guidance on fixing permissions in HexOS so the VM can boot the Win11 installer properly using UEFI and VIRTIO drivers.”

[toothless]

I would like to set up a VM to run as an ark survival ascended server for some friends and I