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Date:      Tue, 13 Feb 2024 11:05:12 -0600
From:      Matthew Grooms <mgrooms@shrew.net>
To:        Jason Tubnor <jason@tubnor.net>, FreeBSD virtualization <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 14R bhyve RHEL9+NVME
Message-ID:  <0e7fb763-43e1-4b79-8e1e-ee97e664ac29@shrew.net>
In-Reply-To: <20240212012559.Horde.aH5FMCkNv4j7GfULz1fq5rn@drive.tubnor.net>
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On 2/11/24 19:25, Jason Tubnor wrote:
> Hi Matthew,
>   
> There is some underlying bug post 9.1 when it comes to Anaconda and the presented NVMe storage. I can't reproduce it with newer version of Anaconda that is present in Fedora.
>   
> Uplifting in place from 9.1 to 9.3, there are no issues once the operating system is up and running, so it isn't a RHEL thing, just the installer.
>   
> Cheers,
>   
> Jason.
>   
> "Matthew Grooms" mgrooms@shrew.net – 12 February 2024 11:32 AM
>> Hey All,
>>   
>> Has anyone had experience installing either Rocky or Alma Linux 9.3
>> using virtual NVME disks on a FreeBSD 14R host? I have no problem using
>> VirtIO block devices or if I downgrade to an 8.9 variant. However, using
>> NVME with a 9.3 variant will cause the installer to consistently fail on
>> my system. I'm not sure how to gather more data at this point as the
>> installer displays a wall of text that I'm not sure how to extract. I've
>> already burned a few hours on this so I thought I'd reach out to the
>> list to see if anyone else has already dug into this. If not, I'll see
>> what I can do to gather more info. For reference, here are the ISOs I've
>> tried installing from so far ...
>>   
>> AlmaLinux-8.9-x86_64-boot.iso
>> AlmaLinux-9.3-x86_64-boot.iso
>> Rocky-9.3-x86_64-minimal.iso
>>   
>> Thanks,
>>   
>> -Matthew


Thanks for the info. I was able to install with 9.1 and upgrade to 9.3 
without an issue.

-Matthew




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