From owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Mon Mar 26 07:14:19 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94E88F4ACBC for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2018 07:14:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hausen@punkt.de) Received: from kagate.punkt.de (kagate.punkt.de [217.29.33.131]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 103706EA84; Mon, 26 Mar 2018 07:14:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hausen@punkt.de) Received: from hugo10.ka.punkt.de (hugo10.ka.punkt.de [217.29.44.10]) by gate2.intern.punkt.de with ESMTP id w2Q7EA9i041632; Mon, 26 Mar 2018 09:14:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [217.29.44.49] ([217.29.44.49]) by hugo10.ka.punkt.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id w2Q7E9YZ021702; Mon, 26 Mar 2018 09:14:10 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from hausen@punkt.de) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.3 \(3273\)) Subject: Re: Issue encountered booting FreeBSD STABLE and CURRENT snapshots with EFI From: "Patrick M. Hausen" In-Reply-To: <096c805a0aa84bf3bcff3256b9a22a14@SERVER.ad.usd-group.com> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 09:14:10 +0200 Cc: Kyle Evans , Joe Maloney , Warner Losh , "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <6224D45B-AAEF-480A-97D4-438E653E7B62@punkt.de> References: <096c805a0aa84bf3bcff3256b9a22a14@SERVER.ad.usd-group.com> To: Matt Churchyard X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3273) X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 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, 26 Mar 2018 07:14:19 -0000 Hi all, > Am 23.03.2018 um 14:19 schrieb Matt Churchyard = : > The original reason for null.iso was due to notes on the bhyve wiki > https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve/Windows >=20 > " The install.iso is only required for the first boot of Windows = Server and must be removed from the bhyve command after the first boot. = Desktop editions of Windows require that a null install.iso file remains = and it can be created with touch install.iso" >=20 > At the time the UEFI support was primarily used for loading Windows = guests, and some desktop versions apparently needed an empty iso file to = boot. I was not able to verify which guests needed this file and so it = was supplied to all, as it seemed to have no ill effects on the server = versions of Windows I was testing with. this looks like a piece of outdated folklore to me. At least all = versions from Windows 7 SP1 onwards boot from CD into a dialog reading like "press a key to boot from CD" and fail over to the hard disk if you = don't. So the installation continues as it should. I installed Windows 7 and 10 numerous times and never had to use that "null.iso" hack. Patrick --=20 punkt.de GmbH Internet - Dienstleistungen - Beratung Kaiserallee 13a Tel.: 0721 9109-0 Fax: -100 76133 Karlsruhe info@punkt.de http://punkt.de AG Mannheim 108285 Gf: Juergen Egeling