Re: Windows Server 2016 as guest on bhyve 4k emulated drive

Hi Guys ! I tried to use windows 10 on Bhyve, and I have a coredump when I try to use VNC. My command line is : bhyve -c 4 -m6G -Hl bootrom,BHYVE_UEFI_20160526.fd -s 0,hostbridge -s 1:0,ahci-hd,/dev/zvol/tank/VM/windows.img,sectorsize=512 -s 5:0,ahci-hd,/var/tmp/windows.disk -s 7:0,virtio-net,tap

Re: Windows Server 2016 as guest on bhyve 4k emulated drive

Hi Artur, I can not explain how Windows comes to 8192 bytes. As explained in Jeremya F's email, that's the zvol default record size. about 512E drives. According to

Re: Windows Server 2016 as guest on bhyve 4k emulated drive

On 2017-05-05 12:47 PM, Artur Moor wrote: If the sectorsize option is unspecified, the installation of Windows Internal Database fails. I found corresponding error message in the event viewer: == Mesage in Event Viewer == Cannot use file 'C:\Windows\WI

Re: Windows Server 2016 as guest on bhyve 4k emulated drive

Hi Peter, a few background information to understand my concern. I have encountered the problem when I tried to install Remote Desktop Services under Windows Server 2016. Installing roles for Remote Desktop Services requires the installation of Windows Internal Database. To my knowledge, Windows

Re: Windows Server 2016 as guest on bhyve 4k emulated drive

Hi Artur, if the option 'sectorsize=4096/4096' for the emulated drive specified, the installation process of "Windows Server 2016" completes the first stage ('Copying Windows files', 'Getting files ready for installation', 'Installing features' etc.) and fails after rebooting to the second stage

Windows Server 2016 as guest on bhyve 4k emulated drive

Hello, if the option 'sectorsize=4096/4096' for the emulated drive specified, the installation process of "Windows Server 2016" completes the first stage ('Copying Windows files', 'Getting files ready for installation', 'Installing features' etc.) and fails after rebooting to the second stage. Th