As of r288524, bhyve has preliminary support to run Windows in headless
mode using UEFI firmware.
Since it's headless, the install process consists of modifying the
Windows install ISO to include an 'unattend' XML script that automates
the install, and also inserting the virtio network driver currently
required by bhyve.
This has been tested with 64-bit Windows Server 2k12r2 and 2k16 tp3, and
Windows 10. The server versions are recommended since they have serial
console support, whereas the desktop install is a black-screen experience.
ISO repack instructions at:
http://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/bhyve_uefi/windows_iso_repack.txt
Install/run instructions at:
http://people.freebsd.org/~grehan/bhyve_uefi/windows_install.txt
Please give this a try and report back on how it goes.
A big thanks to Leon Dang from Nahanni Systems who contributed the
majority of Windows support; Tycho Nightingale from Pluribus Networks
who did the intial UEFI work, and Ben Perrault who helped out enormously
with test and debug.
later,
Peter.
(Win 7/8 and 2k8r2 have some problems that appeared in the final merge
of this work - it's being looked into).
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