From owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Mon Jan 2 20:58:39 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 7409DC9C53F for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2017 20:58:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grehan@freebsd.org) Received: from alto.onthenet.com.au (alto.OntheNet.com.au [203.13.68.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31A321C8F for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2017 20:58:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from grehan@freebsd.org) Received: from iredmail.onthenet.com.au (iredmail.onthenet.com.au [203.13.68.150]) by alto.onthenet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3F7AA20AE98B for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2017 06:52:03 +1000 (AEST) Received: from localhost (iredmail.onthenet.com.au [127.0.0.1]) by iredmail.onthenet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39B76280992 for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2017 06:52:03 +1000 (AEST) X-Amavis-Modified: Mail body modified (using disclaimer) - iredmail.onthenet.com.au Received: from iredmail.onthenet.com.au ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (iredmail.onthenet.com.au [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id kZLzmcR7ACcR for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2017 06:52:03 +1000 (AEST) Received: from Peters-MacBook-Pro-2.local (mobile-166-137-217-108.mycingular.net [166.137.217.108]) by iredmail.onthenet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3BDE4280961; Tue, 3 Jan 2017 06:51:59 +1000 (AEST) Subject: Re: Arch Linux UEFI Bhyve Setup To: Vincent Olivier References: <680F62F7-9FD7-4FB3-A60A-DED3C784BE7F@up4.com> Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org From: Peter Grehan Message-ID: Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 13:52:12 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.10; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <680F62F7-9FD7-4FB3-A60A-DED3C784BE7F@up4.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CMAE-Score: 0 X-CMAE-Analysis: v=2.2 cv=YJDv8VOx c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=A6CF0fG5TOl4vs6YHvqXgw==:117 a=UISa+vO/7UfBPyxEEa2d3w==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=IgFoBzBjUZAA:10 a=9T0Tm2CM--hBPZg_eH8A:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 wl=host:3 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: Mon, 02 Jan 2017 20:58:39 -0000 Hi Vincent, > I guess my resolution for 2017 is more clarity. > > So what I mean to know with this experiment is simply this: can UEFI > be used with a serial console (i.e.: without a graphic console), if > so, is it preferable over GRUB for Linux distros that support UEFI? > > Until I am positive about using UEFI over serial console, I will > stick to GRUB but if someone coule elaborate on this, I would > appreciate it greatly! It does work, but you have to either edit the grub.conf on the install ISO and repack, or get in quick and edit the grub command line and add a 'console=ttyS0' option. grub-bhyve auto-inserts the serial console line into the linux kernel boot options which is why it appears a little more seamless. UEFI does have the advantage that the system is self-consistent - any boot filesystem can be used, whereas grub-bhyve only understands the ones that are built into it. later, Peter.