From owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Tue Jan 26 14:26:12 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E64AA6ECA8 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:26:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dweimer@dweimer.net) Received: from webmail.dweimer.net (24-240-198-187.static.stls.mo.charter.com [24.240.198.187]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2E5521637 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:26:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dweimer@dweimer.net) Received: from webmail.dweimer.local (localhost [192.168.5.2]) by webmail.dweimer.net (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id u0QEQ3Bo027976 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 08:26:04 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dweimer@dweimer.net) Received: (from www@localhost) by webmail.dweimer.local (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id u0QEQ3Xw027975; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 08:26:03 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dweimer@dweimer.net) X-Authentication-Warning: webmail.dweimer.local: www set sender to dweimer@dweimer.net using -f To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: bhyve with Linux guest, how to safely handle updates? X-PHP-Script: www.dweimer.net/webmail/index.php for 71.86.41.122, 192.168.5.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 08:26:03 -0600 From: dweimer Organization: dweimer.net Reply-To: dweimer@dweimer.net Mail-Reply-To: dweimer@dweimer.net Message-ID: <790acf0350e0f10e79b4120e564a553c@dweimer.net> X-Sender: dweimer@dweimer.net User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.1.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 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: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:26:12 -0000 I am currently running VirtualBox with a Debian Linux guest to run Ubiquiti Unifi-Video server. I had it briefly running on a byhve VM, but after about 10 days of running fine. I installed some updates using Aptitude within the Debian guest which promptly broke the VM. I am currently running a beta version of the UniFi-Video server software, and as such planning to do a fresh install when the release comes out of Beta. I would like to go back to a byhve VM, instead of VirtualBox. But before I can make the switch I need to find a safe way to install updates. I believe that the issue was one of the updates updated the kernel, which broke the byhve to grub boot loader setup. What is the proper method of handling this so that the byhve to grub setup gets updated? Does this issue go away on the current build with UEFI setup that's in development? Perhaps its best for me to wait until then? -- Thanks, Dean E. Weimer http://www.dweimer.net/