Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 00:00:09 -0700 From: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> To: Artur Moor <digunit24@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Windows Server 2016 as guest on bhyve 4k emulated drive Message-ID: <49770719-c87f-c673-4f2b-c17674797159@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAGru6PuLog3NkC34YhM8UdpA-2iqwt2sp1BXPmbsh1e__kemzA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGru6PuLog3NkC34YhM8UdpA-2iqwt2sp1BXPmbsh1e__kemzA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Artur,
> if the option 'sectorsize=4096/4096' for the emulated drive specified, the
> installation process of "Windows Server 2016" completes the first stage
> ('Copying Windows files', 'Getting files ready for installation',
> 'Installing features' etc.) and fails after rebooting to the second stage.
>
> The second stage ends with the following message:
> Boot Failed. Windows Boot Manager
> Boot Failed. EFI DVD/CDROM
> Boot Failed. EFI DVD/CDROM 1
> Boot Failed. EFI Hard Drive
>
> I suppose that Windows Boot Manager has problems when booting the 4k
> emulated drive.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what can be the cause of this?
I think it may be an issue with the AHCI driver in UEFI not returning
the correct block size - will look into it further.
I did verify that setting 'sectorsize=512/4096' works fine with 2k16.
later,
Peter.
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