Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 16:52:50 +0200 From: Ruben <mail@osfux.nl> To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bhyve VM drive size limit? Message-ID: <147e2841-bb29-1fe6-11cc-917f22bf8e87@osfux.nl> In-Reply-To: <CACLnyCJ7iyvE8_v_OXrAg1aMiUfv4B2jeX6_bsjEL4AuC=GYZA@mail.gmail.com> References: <F11DB42E-B903-42B2-B1FA-0649BE86C0B7@host852.com> <CACLnyC%2ByGV29p32_HtzszHfgYNVS5uyRdhnG6315OtOpTJYNZQ@mail.gmail.com> <CACLnyCKimVH1jJ%2BBhF86Vo1Oq1Uj2byUi6x-ZDqwB-tbpE1-0g@mail.gmail.com> <CACLnyCJ7iyvE8_v_OXrAg1aMiUfv4B2jeX6_bsjEL4AuC=GYZA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Jason, > Make sure > you adjust the zvol block size in the default config before creating your > guest or you will wonder where your storage starts to disappear to. > > Cheers, > > Jason Perhaps slightly off-topic, but might you have any recommendations regarding those blocksizes? I'm not really that well versed in blocksizes / filesystems and am often wondering where my 5TB zvol (bhyves into an ext4 volume for an ubuntu guest) exactly disappears into :P Regards, Ruben > On 2 Sep 2017 2:46 p.m., "Dylan Williams" <freebsd@host852.com> wrote: > > Dear all, > > Is there a limit with respect to the size of the virtual drive I can create > for a VM using bhyve? Presumably not but I’m running into problems with a > larger drive. > > I am trying to create a 4T Ubuntu machine on a FreeBSD11.1 server using > iohyve. There’s plenty of drive space available so it’s not a drive space > issue. I am able to create a 40G machine without any problems but exactly > the same commands to create a 4000G machine results in a server that won’t > boot past Grub. Is this an iohyve issue perhaps? > > Commands used that results in a working Ubuntu server: > > iohyve create ubu 40G > iohyve set ubu loader=grub-bhyve os=debian ram=40G cpu=10 > iohyve install ubu ubuntu-16.04.3-server-amd64.iso < > ftp://ftp.cuhk.edu.hk/pub/Linux/ubuntu-releases/16.04.3/ > ubuntu-16.04.3-server-amd64.iso> > > Commands used that results in a broken Ubuntu server: > > iohyve create ubu 4000G > iohyve set ubu loader=grub-bhyve os=debian ram=40G cpu=10 > iohyve install ubu ubuntu-16.04.3-server-amd64.iso < > ftp://ftp.cuhk.edu.hk/pub/Linux/ubuntu-releases/16.04.3/ > ubuntu-16.04.3-server-amd64.iso> > > The screen I get in the console when I boot (iohyve start ubu) the 4T > machine is: > > GNU GRUB version 2.00 > > Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB > lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists possible > device or file completions. > > > grub> > > Does anyone have any ideas? I’ve been at this for hours trying different > configurations. LVM is not selected when installing either of the above > machines as that seems to cause more problems. > > Many thanks, > Dylan. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-virtualization- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-virtualization-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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