Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2018 05:54:47 +0000 From: Paul Vixie <vixie@fsi.io> To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Query regarding tutorials (Please have a quick read of me!) Message-ID: <5449454.ijkHvH96lN@linux-9daj> In-Reply-To: <fc5c9bf6-12e7-a01d-6cb2-83aace585a64@freebsd.org> References: <CADdqeiO0mGtGuao6t4Nq_Ts4qG6Xqs54C=NzpVKuyyZqPSBAuw@mail.gmail.com> <6699362.kGnQbBhLUH@linux-9daj> <fc5c9bf6-12e7-a01d-6cb2-83aace585a64@freebsd.org>
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On Sunday, August 26, 2018 2:46:42 AM UTC Allan Jude wrote:
> On 2018-08-25 13:45, Paul Vixie wrote:
> > ... i remain
> > mystified by the behaviour of grub-bhyve, which usually fails (no
> > meaningful error message) and seems like won't run from /etc/rc.local
> > (must be run from a shell.) so, one of my bhyve servers can't restart
> > automatically, and i don't know why. ...
> What does the invocation look like?
grub-bhyve -r $defdev -m $vm.map -M $pm -c /dev/$sc $vm \
> ${vm}.output 2>&1 \
|| {
echo "grub-bhyve failed" >&2;
exit 1;
}
> Does this work:
> printf "\n" | grub-bhyve ...your-stuff-here...
i'll give it a try. testing this particular path requires a reboot, and the
system is otherwise running in production... so give me a day or two.
>
> As an alternative, you can now use the UEFI_CSM firmware for bhyve, and
> it'll boot from the boot blocks inside the VM, like xen/kvm/qemu/virtualbox
this sounds far preferable! is there an example or other documentation?
--
Vixie
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