Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 06:31:01 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> To: wishmaster <artemrts@ukr.net> Cc: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Re[2]: Migrate from real server to virtual Message-ID: <201802281431.w1SEV1JC020477@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <1519797493.7978147.fd786v89@frv52.fwdcdn.com>
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> --- Original message --- > From: "Peter Grehan" <grehan@freebsd.org> > Date: 27 February 2018, 20:40:52 > > > > > > But I think the bigger problem is that this is an MBR disk > > > with Windows 7 in it, I > > > do not believe that bhyve can run Windows 7 at this time. So let me correct that statement with the new information. I do not believe that bhyve can run an MBR Windows 7 install at this time, as that would indicated the install is not UEFI bootable, and we can only boot Windows 7 64 bit in EFI mode. > > > > Bhyve has been able to run Win7 since 2015, though x64 only and in > > UEFI mode. > > > > Yes, Windows 7 is from the same "brunch" as Windows 2008. And I > think my problem is that hardware server has been installed > without UEFI, just in Legacy mode. > So, in this situation it is unable run this server in Bihyve with UEFI. > > Am I right? Yes, I do believe that is the correct conclusion to your current situation. The other part that could be at issue here is if this is a 32bit or 64bit version of windows. As Peter stated only 64 bit windows in UEFI mode. It might be possible to create a shim drive that has the Windows UEFI boot code on it, and set that shim drive up to load the copy of windows from your image file. This would be a experiment that might lead to a booting VM. It may also be possible to remove the legacy bootmgr files from the disk0.img and add the needed uefi files, I gave some commands in a prior email that would allow you to mount this disk on the FreeBSD system to facilitate this type of work. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
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