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Date:      Sun, 17 Jul 2016 01:22:28 -0400
From:      g1201@myriade.ca
To:        freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org
Subject:   Win7 install stopped at registry settings
Message-ID:  <2b3c7bd40246e4b1401021a8d5f6c153@riq.ca>

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Hello all

Trying to install Win7 as a guest using vm-bhyve 1.0.4 and FBSD 10.3.

 From the vm-bhyve.log:
23:24 starting bhyve
23:30 bhyve exited with status 0
23:30 restarting
23:30 starting bhyve

I guess that means the guest has rebooted once, not the expected two.

The SAC console changes to:
Setup is updating registry settings..

After that display, there is disk activity for a few minutes. Then 
nothing.
In a new ssh console, top shows that the only task having used some cpu 
time
is now in state vmidle.

My computer is a Dell workstation and my iso comes from Dell; I have 
used it
to reinstall Win7 on that computer.

I read everything I could find, specially
https://github.com/churchers/vm-bhyve/wiki/Running-Windows

Any suggestion?

Should I study more closely your Win7 Unattend file?

I put the recommended parm "sectorsize=512" in the template 
Windows.conf. Is that ok?

Migrating a real Windows installation to a vm would be a really nice 
feature.
[Is it not offered by vmware?] Is it contemplated for bhyve?



~ Gilles



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