From owner-freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 10 19:59:21 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: virtualization@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 26946B4E; Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:59:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mouf.net (mouf.net [IPv6:2607:fc50:0:4400:216:3eff:fe69:33b3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mouf.net", Issuer "mouf.net" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DA7BC1CD7; Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:59:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mouf.net (swills@mouf [199.48.129.64]) by mouf.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id s3AJxAxg037034 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:59:15 GMT (envelope-from swills@mouf.net) Received: (from swills@localhost) by mouf.net (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id s3AJxAh8037033; Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:59:10 GMT (envelope-from swills) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:59:10 +0000 From: Steve Wills To: Peter Grehan Subject: Re: installing FreeBSD 8.4 in bhyve Message-ID: <20140410195909.GC34413@mouf.net> References: <20140410180929.GB34413@mouf.net> <5346EBEA.3070005@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5346EBEA.3070005@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.4.3 (mouf.net [199.48.129.64]); Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:59:15 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=4.5 tests=none autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on mouf.net X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.98.1 at mouf.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: virtualization@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 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: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:59:21 -0000 On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 12:07:22PM -0700, Peter Grehan wrote: > Hi Steve, > > > I'm trying to install FreeBSD 8.4 in bhyve, but running into some issues. > > Sysinstall doesn't seem to like the disk. In the partition editor, I get: > > > > Disk name: vtbd1 FDISK Partition Editor > > DISK Geometry: 0 cyls/0 heads/0 sectors = 0 sectors (0MB) > > > > Offset Size(ST) End Name PType Desc Subtype Flags > > > > 0 209715200 209715199 - 12 unused 0 > > > > Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? > > The bhyve virtio-block backend doesn't report c/h/s geometry, which is > required by the 8.4 installer. You can work around this by using the 'G' > command to enter a fake geometry that will give the size of the device. > > > This is using the 8.4 Release disc1 iso on > > 11-CURRENT r264056. I'm using virtio-blk for both the cd and hd. Should this be > > working? > > Not cleanly :( I have an 8.4/i386 disk image so I managed to get > through it at one point: can't remember what the workarounds were > though. Think I did a network install with the minimal ISO. Thanks! Setting the geometry allowed me to partition and then after configuring the networking I was able to install via passive ftp. Steve