Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 07:57:07 -0800 From: Chuck Tuffli <chuck@tuffli.net> To: John Kennedy <warlock@phouka.net> Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RHEL virtualization Message-ID: <CAM0tzX3ZBeqHimLyJQNgLWyuPcUzMUzeB3MkqGSzrr6Ut%2B%2BLSw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <YAyt7cRRvm9Q4RK0@phouka1.phouka.net> References: <YAyt7cRRvm9Q4RK0@phouka1.phouka.net>
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On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 3:16 PM John Kennedy <warlock@phouka.net> wrote:
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> That being said, RHEL on bhyve has been a pain to figure out. The best I've
> done so far is using sysutils/grub2-bhyve to set up the boot CD, using
> BHYVE_UEFI.fd as UEFI firmware (sysutils/bhyve-firmware I think) and then
> getting at the console via net/tigervnc-viewer.
>
> Currently I'm fighting grub-bhyve's issue finding the kernel to load (if I'm
> finding the right problem reports, it doesn't seem to like modern XFS or
> ext4 partitions). I couldn't get net/ipxe to PXE boot anything, and I din't
> manage to get very far with sysutils/uefi-edk2-bhyve. And of course some
> of these are flagged with python2.7 isses.
Hi
I ran into a similar situation (RHELL VM's in bhyve) and created a
version of grub-bhyve that knows how to find the grub.cfg and/or
syslinux.conf files in a VM's disk image. Because of this, you don't
have to maintain a copy of the grub configuration just for grub-bhyve.
I implemented this on the latest version of grub which includes XFS
and other goodies. The fine print:
- The syntax is slightly different. To load an image use
grub-bhyve --disk=/path/to/vm/disk.img --vm=vm_name
note that the root, device-map, and directory options are no
longer necessary
- The project is at the "it works for me" stage and hasn't received
much usage aside from myself. That said, feedback is welcome.
- It builds on FreeBSD 12.x but 13.x has an issue
Code is here: https://gitlab.com/ctuffli/grub
To build:
$ env PYTHON=python3.7 ./bootstrap
$ env MAKE=gmake ./configure --with-platform=bhyve
$ gmake
The resulting binary, `grub-bhyve`, will be in the `grub-core/`
directory. If you have success or troubles with it, please let me
know.
--chuck
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