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Date:      Fri, 13 Oct 2017 11:48:14 -0400
From:      Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Bhyve and windows 2012/2016
Message-ID:  <ae023c9a-f798-ce42-7e35-fb294e31867b@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <201710131529.v9DFTlj1095566@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
References:  <201710131529.v9DFTlj1095566@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>

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From: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>
To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org
Message-ID: <ae023c9a-f798-ce42-7e35-fb294e31867b@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: Bhyve and windows 2012/2016
References: <201710131529.v9DFTlj1095566@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>
In-Reply-To: <201710131529.v9DFTlj1095566@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>

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On 2017-10-13 11:29, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
>=20
>> Hello
>>
>> I'm trying to install Windows 2012 evaluation in bhyve. It looks like =

>> neither HDD (ahci-hd) nor CD (ahci-cd) are available.
>=20
> What version of FreeBSD are you doing this on?  uname -a?
>=20
>> Command is
>>
>>  =C2=A0/usr/sbin/bhyve=C2=A0 -c 2 -m 17179869184 -H -A -w -s 0:0,hostb=
ridge=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 -s=20
>                                            ^^^^^^^^^^^ read the manual =
page very carefully,
> if you do not specify a unit for -m the default is to use it as megabyt=
es, this is requesting
> a VM of 17G x 10^6, or 17 x 10^15 bytes of memory, you probalby want to=
 say
> -m 16G
>=20
>> 3:0,ahci-hd,/usr/jails/jails-data/serv1c-data/dsk1.vhd,sectorsize=3D51=
2 -s=20
>                                                      ^^^
> bhyve does not support .vhd format disks, it supports only raw
> images, how was this file created?

You can use qemu-img or VBoxManage to convert the .vhd into a .raw so it
will work with bhyve

>=20
>> 2:0,ahci-cd,/usr/jails/src/iso/windows2012.iso=C2=A0 -s=20
>> 4:0,e1000,tap6,mac=3D00:a0:98:cf:ab:82 -s 5:0,virtio-rnd=C2=A0 -s=20
>> 6,fbuf,tcp=3D0.0.0.0:5902,w=3D1024,h=3D768,wait -s 30,xhci,tablet -s 3=
1,lpc -l=20
>> com1,stdio -l bootrom,/usr/local/cbsd/upgrade/patch/efi.fd serv1c
>                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> where is this bootrom from?  The officially supported firmware
> should be at /usr/local/share/uefi-firmware/BHYVE_UEFI.fd=20
>=20
>>
>> Only X: drive is available, seems to be some memory image
>=20
> I believe your X: drive is the ramdisk image of the windows 2012
> installer?
>=20
> I do not see any setup for a fbuf/vnc console, you probalby want a
> -s 29,fbuf,tcp=3D0.0.0.0:5900,w=3D800,h=3D600,wait
> line added to above and connect to it once your vm is started.
> Windows wants a graphical device, and unless you have handcrafted
> an autoinstall .iso that can run unattended you wont get very=20
> far without one.
>=20
>>
>> What should I check? What could have I done wrong?
>>
>> Alex
>=20
>=20
>=20
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