Windows 2025 Server ISO Boot Loop

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Overview of the Issue
When loading the Windows 2025 Server eval ISO packer/qemu will do a boot loop after the windows logo, packer will show 'Loading Files', then briefly show the windows logo, then restart back to loading files.

Reproduction Steps
Build template

Packer version
From packer version
Packer v1.12.0

Simplified Packer Template

source "qemu" "windows2k25" {
  format                 = "qcow2"
  output_directory       = "build"
  machine_type           = "q35"
  accelerator            = "kvm"
  cpus                   = "2"
  memory                 = "4096"
  disk_size              = "102G"
  headless               = "true"
  disk_compression       = "true"

  firmware               = "/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.fd"
  efi_boot               =  true
  efi_firmware_code      = "/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.fd"
  efi_firmware_vars      = "./OVMF_VARS.fd"

Operating system and Environment details
Windows 2025 Server Eval ISO
Qemu plugin version 1.1.1

Log Fragments and crash.log files

`==> qemu.template: Starting VM, booting from CD-ROM
    qemu.template: The installation may take considerably longer to finish.
    qemu.template:
    qemu.template: WARNING: The VM will be started with no hardware acceleration.
    qemu.template: The installation may take considerably longer to finish.
    qemu.template:
    qemu.template: view the screen of the VM, connect via VNC without a password to
    qemu.template: vnc://0.0.0.0:5900
    qemu.template: The VM will be run headless, without a GUI. If you want to
2025/03/26 21:59:02 packer-plugin-qemu_v1.1.1_x5.0_darwin_arm64 plugin: 2025/03/26 21:59:02 Qemu Builder has no floppy files, not attaching a floppy.
2025/03/26 21:59:02 packer-plugin-qemu_v1.1.1_x5.0_darwin_arm64 plugin: 2025/03/26 21:59:02 Executing /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-x86_64: []string{"-m", "2048M", "-drive", "if=none,file=output/packer-template,id=drive0,cache=unsafe,discard=unmap,format=qcow2", "-drive", "file=/Users/username/.cache/packer/45173890bb9e0fc063f71cfb6d5ec40a0210e2d9.iso,media=cdrom", "-device", "virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0", "-device", "scsi-hd,bus=scsi0.0,drive=drive0", "-device", "virtio-net,netdev=user.0", "-vnc", "0.0.0.0:0", "-smp", "4", "-boot", "once=d", "-name", "packer-template", "-machine", "type=pc", "-netdev", "user,id=user.0,hostfwd=tcp::10083-:5985"}
    qemu.template: view the screen of the VM, connect via VNC without a password to
    qemu.template: vnc://0.0.0.0:5900
2025/03/26 21:59:02 packer-plugin-qemu_v1.1.1_x5.0_darwin_arm64 plugin: 2025/03/26 21:59:02 Started Qemu. Pid: 7645
==> qemu.template: Waiting 2m0s for boot...`

[faleais]

someone else having same issue but no update

#13342

I asked in hashicorp forums but no help
https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/qemu-windows-unable-to-boot-in-uefi-mode/76406/6