Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 21:06:37 +0400 From: Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, neel@freebsd.org Subject: Re: any primer on running bhyve guests sharing disk with host ? Message-ID: <20150103170637.GA23767@zxy.spb.ru> In-Reply-To: <20150103161511.GA94237@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> References: <20150103161511.GA94237@onelab2.iet.unipi.it>
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On Sat, Jan 03, 2015 at 05:15:11PM +0100, Luigi Rizzo 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 > > - how to pass the necessary config (rootpath) to the client > without having to rely on a specialized dhcp server > > I used to be familiar with diskless configs, so i can probably sort > out the server side myself. May be I missunderstand you, but diskless client-specific config relay on client IP address (ex: /conf/ip/1.2.3.4/...). Also, diskless boot relay on BIOS network support (by PXE, for example), with working NIC, assigned IP address and etc.
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