Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 22:14:22 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: Matt Churchyard <matt.churchyard@userve.net> Cc: Josias =?iso-8859-1?Q?L=2E_Gon=E7alves?= <josiaslg@bsd.com.br>, "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [vm-bhyve] Does anyone have a vm template for Linux Mint ? Message-ID: <20181009151422.GA94629@admin.sibptus.ru> In-Reply-To: <e915a0a425c0466a8ab9463df4b5613f@SERVER.ad.usd-group.com> References: <20181006141906.GA10597@admin.sibptus.ru> <CANgqCK-zKn6BNRfjmuee=10dCA7s_=aecMDpDBo8jZL_gqpPTw@mail.gmail.com> <20181008133604.GA77358@admin.sibptus.ru> <20181008143806.GA78665@admin.sibptus.ru> <20181008145233.GA78859@admin.sibptus.ru> <CANgqCK-MFP76pwM-o3YigZgxVYvtt%2BV%2BcdwXwc1eLH-P8guL5Q@mail.gmail.com> <20181009021713.GA88207@admin.sibptus.ru> <e915a0a425c0466a8ab9463df4b5613f@SERVER.ad.usd-group.com>
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Matt Churchyard wrote: > > I have successfully** installed Ubuntu 16.04 (via VNC) using the following template, which is just a basic UEFI config with virtio network/disk. > > uefi="yes" > graphics="yes" > xhci_mouse="yes" > cpu=2 > memory=2G > network0_type="virtio-net" > network0_switch="public" > disk0_type="virtio-blk" > disk0_name="disk0.img" This plain UEFI template worked for me too, for Linux Mint. Thank you. > > **I did have two fairly annoying issues getting 16.04 to work - > > 1) After installation it seemed to refuse to reboot without me > removing the install CD, which I obviously couldn't do. I ended up > powering off the system manually with "vm poweroff guest" Had this problem too, I sent "vm stop mint" from another xterm. > > 2) It then would not boot due to the fact that Ubuntu 16.04 puts the > bootloader in a non-default location, then uses efivars to tell UEFI > how to find it. Unfortunately the bhyve EFI firmware still does not > save efivars, so any specific boot options set by a guest are lost > on restart. Did not have this problem with Mint. > I had to escape to the EFI shell and manually choose the > EFI/ubuntu/grubx64.efi loader. See my post #11 on this forum post > for more details - > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/how-to-install-a-ubuntu-guest-in-bhyve.66767/ Thank you again, I may need it one day. -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN 2:5005/49@fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/
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