From owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Sun Apr 30 17:03:02 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C17D1D570CE for ; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 17:03:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gldisater@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x232.google.com (mail-io0-x232.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::232]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 87198B1D for ; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 17:03:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gldisater@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x232.google.com with SMTP id a103so93092670ioj.1 for ; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 10:03:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=SAuIIQmYY2F2cOhKf5aOv+kOGHn3dccHWBkdCi9rxX4=; b=Usf6bPPEGnnkREQuBusX4EUs/8EOWP5GThICh0H7KsvZr5m3+lyI2OyEgECCNIitn7 8Lom5wryPMF5rGJr9sbDjmmFCdIovn1lpMWdpI/xJXi62fASpKL6a0vjqIfrjWORUqEc ZWiLj9gdV5CaXefixDa0MlDVYj2O/xIoeH/Xte7qeGgqItKAIyU88sBT0QJfTAGGe5BA /VSNH0Tn1Sq4cgztrNcsmpybi7vV7GxIdthoRLXyzQaLln8Dl/BtUWmx2bt8uk3pzTWM zjsm7tGN8bbj6EsA3YVdJs3RYdYlYwu/rU5/UkyagoQ7UciIFO9Z+R5gOEjKAjZCMQMx kGGw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=SAuIIQmYY2F2cOhKf5aOv+kOGHn3dccHWBkdCi9rxX4=; b=c1Ob2bR7UgTgyYV3ZQBTYdQ5stFoS4bN8mWIfRU1ZtGssIPyyD8rnVtKpXLtN7zqa+ fBAeP1ffMvD3GlAiIdHtfWpCV08YUZfeGZSsgcvdvhb+QIEZSAwiqPeHwedan7LDoe83 Ez7pbFwiLFYF2S9kksGO80QqkQK7OawqZtnah/83q7bLB+En7eWEQ/q4WdvJFtFFc9tF JvuCpOEOYbsPTmSUcNgu1oQP4z37R2MRZbkg26r915vY3LqlMADKVPjG6i2MlIGjHPkM QMdgPtjK2rcTWMpT/22AJxl4YXwioDMjqU5NFpnA6oSky4ffBXW4OLfOd1KMkbFCVpun HYhg== X-Gm-Message-State: AN3rC/7uk49IgMmu7Je3qFzKVbJ2L4oVZ27zZ7OmhMX84uGuFFAlDC7e 0ZH1WqTEnaBJPMsOwxs= X-Received: by 10.107.14.8 with SMTP id 8mr18793738ioo.46.1493571781834; Sun, 30 Apr 2017 10:03:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.101] (dhcp-108-168-18-21.cable.user.start.ca. [108.168.18.21]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 75sm5291890ioi.44.2017.04.30.10.03.01 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 30 Apr 2017 10:03:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Boot Physical Windows in bhyve To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org References: <4A64A893-3534-4C50-B18E-24AAD1CB6648@gmx.net> From: Jeremy Faulkner Message-ID: Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 13:03:07 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4A64A893-3534-4C50-B18E-24AAD1CB6648@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 17:03:02 -0000 On 2017-04-29 11:21 AM, Will haben wrote: > Is it possible to load a physical Windows partition within bhyve? The windows installation is on a separate hard drive that’s using MBR. > I found the possibility of transforming the drive to a VMware virtual drive and then to bhyve img. > > Thanks in Advance > PM Create a Windows install in bhyve, doesn't need to be a full install, stopping after the first restart will do. Then you can image the C: partition of your hardware install into the C: partition of bhyve install. Then boot the install media again and do a boot repair which will make the necessary changes to the Windows installation for efi. Jeremy Faulkner