Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 20:44:11 +0100 From: Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> To: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Real Device with BHyve Message-ID: <20140103204411.755021bb@bsd64.grem.de> In-Reply-To: <52C6F6BC.6070108@freebsd.org> References: <CADfWLen8WsBHU51%2B8vU_71js3-DCFa13DTakbDLoWRmhAu6XHw@mail.gmail.com> <52C6F6BC.6070108@freebsd.org>
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On Fri, 03 Jan 2014 09:43:24 -0800 Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi Andrea, > > Well, the machine starts ok but when the "child" FreeBSD starts > > installation something strange happens. When I get to the > > partitioning screen I can see the device avaiable as /dev/vtdb0 > > with the correct size and such. I choose autopartitioning, the > > installer writes the partition table but when it start to > > write /dev/vtdb0p2 a very cryptic error appears about being unable > > to write - sorry, did not write it down. > > > > The installer then stops. > > > > If I do a fdisk /dev/vtdb0 in the VM I can see the GPT partition > > being there. If I do a fdisk /dev/da2 on the host machine, I can > > see the GPT partition as well, but the VM just doesn't want to > > write on it. > > > > I even tried changing kern.geom.debugflags=16 as I thought the host > > machine could be locking somehow the drive, but that didn't seem to > > make any difference. I know it was a lame check but I was out of > > ideas. > > > > So I just wanted to understand if such a scenario is supposed to be > > supported.... > > It is. Been a while since I've done this but will try a repro. > Other folk have supported success using zvols so I'd assumed it was > working. If it helps, I had the same problem using zvol as well (booting the installer and install on the "raw" device) on 10-CURRENT from mid 2013. I didn't try with a more recent release. I ended up installing FreeBSD from the outside (create partitions and untar base.txz, kernel.txz etc. - afaik the same thing the Dexter's vm0 script does now) and could then boot into it just fine. -- Michael Gmelin
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