---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Aryeh Friedman <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 4:38 AM Subject: Re: Linux on BHyVe in 10.0-RELEASE To: Jonas Bülow <[email protected]>
Try: truncat --size 10G disk.img bhyve.... -d disk.img On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 4:37 AM, Jonas Bülow <[email protected]> wrote: > I tried to run from an USB drive with a standard file backend (non ZFS?). > > Mounted as: > > /dev/da5p1 on /mnt (ufs, local, soft-updates) > > Installation of ubuntu still fails when trying to install the grub > bootloader. > > /J > > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Aryeh Friedman > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Does using the standard file backed bhye work? >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 3:56 AM, Jonas Bülow <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> fwiw, I do not have any /dev/zvol in the host. I'm using a vanilla >>> FreeBSD >>> 10.0-Release install using ZFS. >>> >>> /J >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Michael Dexter >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>> > >>> > Here's what I've found so far: >>> > >>> > vmrun.sh does not like zvols and I am hoping for: >>> > >>> > sh vmrun.sh -m 1024 -d /dev/zvol/zroot/vm3 vm3 >>> > >>> > It gets as far as: >>> > >>> > Writing partition tables [In Progress ] >>> > Initializing ada0p2 [ Failed ] >>> > >>> > I am trying to figure out why. >>> > >>> > What does work for me for FreeBSD VM's is to prepare >>> /dev/zvol/zroot/vm3 >>> > using the bhyve-script approach and then boot it as usual. >>> > >>> > I will include this in an rc version of "bhyve-script" that I hope to >>> > release shortly. It may not be worth adding the functionality to >>> > bhyve-script as it is EOL. >>> > >>> > Michael >>> > >>> > On 1/22/14 11:26 PM, Jonas Bülow wrote: >>> > > Yes, if "using zvol" is the same thing as using ZFS for the guest >>> image. >>> > > >>> > > I tried setting DEVTYPE to "" with the same result. >>> > > >>> > > /J >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Peter Grehan <[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> > > >>> > >> Hi Jonas, >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> Installation starts and everything looks good until it tries to >>> install >>> > >>> the >>> > >>> grub boot loader. That last step fails. Exiting the installer and >>> > running: >>> > >>> #sh lin1 start >>> > >>> Gives a grub prompt. >>> > >>> >>> > >>> Any hints? >>> > >>> >>> > >> >>> > >> Are you using a zvol for the guest disk image ? >>> > >> >>> > >> later, >>> > >> >>> > >> Peter. >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > > _______________________________________________ >>> > > [email protected] mailing list >>> > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization >>> > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >>> > [email protected]" >>> > > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> [email protected] mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >>> [email protected]" >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org >> > > -- Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org -- Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
