From owner-freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 31 05:47:33 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 90EF9213; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 05:47:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from h2.funkthat.com (gate2.funkthat.com [208.87.223.18]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "funkthat.com", Issuer "funkthat.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 086389C4; Fri, 31 Oct 2014 05:47:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from h2.funkthat.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h2.funkthat.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id s9V5lVrt034345 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 30 Oct 2014 22:47:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg@h2.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by h2.funkthat.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id s9V5lVox034344; Thu, 30 Oct 2014 22:47:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmg) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 22:47:31 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Alfred Perlstein Subject: Re: how to for making bhyve images (using makefs + mkimg) Message-ID: <20141031054731.GL8852@funkthat.com> References: <20141030043421.GA8852@funkthat.com> <54531FFE.7000409@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <54531FFE.7000409@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE i386 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 54BA 873B 6515 3F10 9E88 9322 9CB1 8F74 6D3F A396 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ X-Resume: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/resume.html X-TipJar: bitcoin:13Qmb6AeTgQecazTWph4XasEsP7nGRbAPE X-to-the-FBI-CIA-and-NSA: HI! HOW YA DOIN? can i haz chizburger? X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.2 (h2.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 30 Oct 2014 22:47:31 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 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: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 05:47:33 -0000 Alfred Perlstein wrote this message on Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 22:37 -0700: > On 10/29/14 9:34 PM, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > >So, Michael Dexter prodded me to document how I'm doing it, so I put > >up a blog post at: > >http://blog.funkthat.com/2014/10/building-bhyve-images-using-makefs-and.html > > > >It's a quick guide on how to build images using makefs and mkimg. Only > >time you need root is when you run the VM... > > > >btw, thanks for getting bhyve running on AMD! :) > > > John-Mark, very cool. > > Thanks for pointing me at mkimg, will have to look at porting our build > to use that as opposed to "mdconfig". np... It's cool.. though things get built a bit different w/ mkimg wrt to partiion alignment.. so make sure things are good, i.e. 4k aligned for most hard drives... One easy way to do this is to use -P 4k... Enjoy! -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."