Hi Luigi, On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 8:15 AM, Luigi Rizzo <ri...@iet.unipi.it> wrote: > Hi, > in order to do some kernel testing, I would like to run bhyve guests > using (through NFS, probably) the host's file system. > diskless(8) is probably one way to go, i was wondering if > someone has instructions for that. > Specifically: > - how to "bhyveload" a kernel (rather than the full disk image); > as an alternative, given a kernel, something to build an image > that can be passed to bhyveload >
You can use the "-h" option to bhyveload(8) to do this. For e.g., "bhyveload -h / vmx" will load the kernel from "/boot/kernel/kernel" and use the loader configuration from "/boot". > - how to pass the necessary config (rootpath) to the client > without having to rely on a specialized dhcp server > You can set environment variables using the "-e" option: bhyveload -e "boot.nfsroot.server=1.2.3.4" -e "boot.nfsroot.path=/exports/guest1" There are a number of other environment variables set by the PXE loader - see sys/boot/i386/libi386/pxe.c. I haven't done this myself therefore not sure if this would work. best Neel > I used to be familiar with diskless configs, so i can probably sort > out the server side myself. > > cheers > luigi _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"