On Jul 14, 2025, at 5:22 PM, Marcel Telka <mar...@telka.sk> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to explore bhyve for the first time and so I tried some basic > example from the bhyve(8) man page. Surprisingly, it does not work. > > # mkfile -n 1g image > # bhyve -c 2 -s 0,hostbridge -s 1,lpc -s 2,virtio-blk,image \ > -l com1,stdio -H -P -m 1G vm > virtual machine cannot be booted > # bhyve -c 2 -s 0,hostbridge -s 1,lpc -s 2,virtio-blk,image \ > -l com1,stdio -H -P -m 1G vm > vm exit[0]
1.) Check for bhyve processes? 2.) You aren't specifying a boot rom? SHould you be? Here's a pargs for a bhyve running on SmartOS. Some of it is clearly SmartOS-specific, but perhaps a vew things here might help, esp. `-l bootrom,/path/to/boot/rom` ? [root@nuc ~]# pargs `pgrep bhyve` 4449: bhyve -H -U 170e57f0-4ffe-4fad-af11-c235d04ee16d -B 1,manufacturer=Joyent,produ argv[0]: bhyve argv[1]: -H argv[2]: -U argv[3]: 170e57f0-4ffe-4fad-af11-c235d04ee16d argv[4]: -B argv[5]: 1,manufacturer=Joyent,product=SmartDC HVM,version=7.20250710T000436Z,serial=170e57f0-4ffe-4fad-af11-c235d04ee16d,sku=001,family=Virtual Machine argv[6]: -s argv[7]: 31,lpc argv[8]: -l argv[9]: bootrom,/usr/share/bhyve/uefi-rom.bin argv[10]: -l argv[11]: com1,/dev/zconsole argv[12]: -l argv[13]: com2,socket,/tmp/vm.ttyb argv[14]: -s argv[15]: 0,hostbridge,model=i440fx argv[16]: -c argv[17]: 4 argv[18]: -m argv[19]: 8192 argv[20]: -s argv[21]: 0:4:0,virtio-blk,/dev/zvol/rdsk/zones/170e57f0-4ffe-4fad-af11-c235d04ee16d/disk0 argv[22]: -s argv[23]: 6:0,virtio-net-viona,net0 argv[24]: -s argv[25]: 30:0,fbuf,vga=off,unix=/tmp/vm.vnc argv[26]: -s argv[27]: 30:1,xhci,tablet argv[28]: SYSbhyve-3 [root@nuc ~]# Dan ------------------------------------------ illumos: illumos-discuss Permalink: https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T0a2ef97770149180-M7acc869e4544d228d964f07b Delivery options: https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
