On 2016-09-19 02:45, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > I'm pretty sure that's not true. As an example, it doesn't have a grub.cfg > anywhere. There are a few things ending in .cfg in /isolinux, but none of > them work passed as the -g argument. Neither does -d /isolinux -d /live or > -d /install work. > > It seems that either grub-bhyve would need to be hacked _or_ we need to > think about something that can perform an emulated "boot"... > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 2:42 AM, Matt Donovan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Directions are fine have to adjust for version of Linux you are using. I >> haven't looked at Debian 8.5 but it's probably gonna need some manual >> commands to get it to boot. >> >> On Sep 19, 2016 12:48 AM, "Zaphod Beeblebrox" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> So... I'm trying to boot a debian 8.5 live CD. The directions @ >> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/virtualization-host-bhyve.html drive >> me to booting this with >> >> >> >> *grub-bhyve -m device.map -r cd0 -M 1024M linuxguest* >> >> ... which fails because the cd image doesn't contain /boot/grub. I've >> tried directing it with -d /isolinux and -g /isolinux/isolinux.cfg ... >> but the magic isn't there. >> >> Frustration.
The earlier instructions for doing the install from the CD, include instructions on using grubs interactive interface to poke around and find the initramfs and kernel and load them manually. -- Allan Jude
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