Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:11:14 -0400 From: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HOW-TO] CentOS on bhyve Message-ID: <540A3502.8090108@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409051623520.2615@olive.macktronics.com> References: <531ABCC5.30801@monkeybrains.net> <531AC763.300@monkeybrains.net> <531ACF85.8040305@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409051623520.2615@olive.macktronics.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 2014-09-05 17:57, Dan Mack wrote: > On Sat, 8 Mar 2014, Peter Grehan wrote: > >> Hi Rudy, >> >>> Peter, anyway to get grub-bhyve to automatically load /grub/grub.conf >>> from a CentOS install? > > <snip> > >> CentOS is grub v1 which isn't quite compatible with grub2 (e.g. linux >> -> kernel). >> >> grub-bhyve can pick up a config file from the host system: use "-r >> host" to force that, and the -d option to change the default path for >> grub.conf. No need to redirect input. >> >> Then, in grub.conf on the host, put in the absolute path with the grub >> commands e.g. > > <snip> > >> (the console=ttyS0 isn't needed: grub-bhyve auto-inserts that). >> > > > Let me resucitate this thread ... > > I just tried this on Centos7 and expeience the same lack of grub menu. > I was able to work around it by manually entering the manual paths for > linux and initrd but wouldn't it be nice ... > > However, on the Centos7 install, there appears to be both a grub/ and > grub2/ configuration directory: > > | > | grub> ls (hd0,msdos1)/ > | Possible files are: > | grub/ grub2/ ... > | > > and in the grub2 folder there exists a seemling grub2 compatible > grub.cfg file: > > | grub> cat (hd0,msdos1)/grub2/grub.cfg > | # > | # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE > | # > | # It is automatically generated by grub2-mkconfig using templates > | # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub > | # > | <snip> > > Is there a way to direct grub-bhyve to use the > centos:/boot/grub2/grub.cfg file ala some argument -- I scanned the > source and couldn't find a simple over-ride. > > I'll test/rebuild the suite if you can point me in the general > direction. > > Thanks, > > dan > -- > Dan Mack > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-virtualization-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" There CentOS goes being annoying... grub-bhyve loads the grub config file on ubuntu because it is in the expected place /boot/grub but because CentOS 6 has a grub 1 config in /boot/grub they put the grub 2 config in /boot/grub2... note: you can do: source /boot/grub2/grub.conf or is it 'script' or something there is some interactive command in grub-bhyve to load a config file from inside the VM image. -- Allan Jude [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUCjUFAAoJEJrBFpNRJZKf8psQAIFKLpPDJUJCr4L2hv35jrQl wz0jn87Mk8nYiSJjo+8aYzijvQyNPIbcbcU4T6bxi3gEeAbtmxCObyKJRVot2KXe wXErvL/S9/0selknUb6RNO1qMa4bVS9d3duffB4mOeZEcdLgDPN+DMI91gBsts0u mE6Y50uEdaMeCDVPbsrXEobmBQ3osCxy5nuJ17gj7gqRxAk3nUgAIvA8LC+6IyYM dOypdWdlPTkZ2E8tL4/9f6n15dV+f4FxEK2S47ZFs4YFmY7ndd1zVZl/PBD0QENg C+l5q/zip2VtFMSyRMMR1sPWLtxvSVvZ1w73Sh1k0lYia4orUVQy21jSmdedrdIh x0zU18EMpyV89Rp+Q+PfizyDW/os+nDUkye/9R7l97x8ttH+EloNExP0m/p7bIvd o4iZi3zGiuDI/ycHcbUJUs5lWRut1yQtm9mo7LMgevR4iAI2k1vs3Di/JvLrILMH moJ3nfYWQDuXdY67ISI3npxG/msNCjXPWzzGCRaL45+H5iQZEh7d0QEu+EM5IpL5 /Jdc3gGhC5Q8pCxTGkrpsWHZr3uiwRTS+3kdcr6ELdsyPN6GZT00t7cFSTOJvCry T10O9F2WkM8+j6o4yXzoiQszyNC6ss49YLxzC03omTyw+kpXu6ezaDDA2FmX1+8S mAlg7JkcIcGQJ1SozGwi =doOS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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