From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 12 22:51:17 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6451C1065697 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:51:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-px0-f178.google.com (mail-px0-f178.google.com [209.85.216.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ABE08FC12 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:51:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi8 with SMTP id 8so1901456pxi.27 for ; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:51:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=saxgy43CP0tKE9ZdiWisJmkV4a7H92d4GGouHKmmU9I=; b=AiSfVhLJJyeLfEO/7ydKJs07jAsDdboAdYhP09QAVQAJg2YwulFRnBhhYTg/7WqGVH XgWhxp0LC0BNCmvvD2oIyBuvmuRqjNy1QCrOQOlSxMkUDEuLBYwGAtXL8/bMGfA1+DKN +J+v3P1dYyFCJtE5R4skBZ/HQI2gtOLQ8qniQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=lPzrF/MQbKxK+HxNkNN/93K135sAQq1iFPxKkqLGL3M5owxEyfNo375Xr3JC0a/rh2 hdRV5dSuvVeeqQQFD6QaT6OTogEgBXM1F2Xb0bCGVAcKJLPE5rIag8Lx9UuW1nKbv+54 3qZatcnO8X6k6wuiLBQupc61JZq1U40/JVvFA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.209.20 with SMTP id h20mr390947wfg.36.1258066276925; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:51:16 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <8E227A3A-661E-43F0-BAFC-EEDD01A804E8@Monkeybrains.net> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:51:16 -0800 Message-ID: From: Freddie Cash To: FreeBSD Stable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: KVM tips for bsd as guest? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:51:17 -0000 On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Marius N=C3=BCnnerich = wrote: > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 22:42, Rudy wrote: >> Downloaded iso, but qemu barfs when trying to install --- loads kernel b= ut >> panics during boot of 7.2 ( and 8.0-rc3) install ISOs. =C2=A0I am trying= to set >> up a bsd guest ... Host OS is debian. i386 or amd64? What are your KVM settings? Number of CPUs, amount of RAM, type of virtual disk (IDE/SCSI), type of NIC (rtl3189/e1000)? Which CPU is in the host server (AMD/Intel)? And which versions of KVM and Linux kernel are you running? Last time I tested was with KVM-72 on 64-bit Debian using kernel 2.6.26, and installing/running FreeBSD 6.x and 7.x, 32-bit and 64-bit, ran without any issues. Used LVM-backed virtual IDE drives, and e1000 NICs. Granted, we use AMD Opteron CPUs, which seem to have fewer issues with KVM than Intel Xeon CPUs. >> I am looking for a general how-to if there is one out there( tried searc= hing >> didn't find it). There's no real How-To needed. Just configure the VM, and boot. This is the first time I've heard of issues with installing FreeBSD into KVM-managed VMs. --=20 Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com