On Tue, Oct 06, 2026 at 08:43:48AM -0700, Mike Larkin wrote: > On Tue, Oct 06, 2026 at 03:03:13PM +0000, brad wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am experimenting with vmd on OpenBSD 7.9. I am able to create and run > > OpenBSD VMs and I have networking enabled for those VMs. Everything works > > fine. > > > > However, I cannot get common Linux distros to install. I have tried Debian > > and Alpine so far. Here are the steps I have taken: > > > > 1. vmctl create -s 50G alpine.qcow2 > > > > vmctl: raw imagefile created > > > > 2. vmctl start -c -m 4G -L -i 1 -r alpine-virt-3.24.2-x86_64.iso -d > > alpine.qcow2 alpine > > > > Connected to /dev/ttyp6 (speed 115200) > > Boot failed: not a bootable disk > > > > ISOLINUX 6.04 6.04-pre1 ETCD Copyright (C) 1994-2015 H. Peter Anvin > > et al > > > > ISOLINUX 6.04 6.04-pre1 Copyright (C) 1994-2015 H. Peter Anvin et > > al > > > > I then see a blank screen. When I press enter I return to the host shell. > > This error is logged in /var/log/messages: > > > > Oct 6 14:41:18 puffy vmd[78551]: vm/alpine: invalid fault_type 2 > > > > I've tried the Alpine Standard and the Alpine Virt iso files, neither work. > > It's probably something simple. I appreciate any advice. > > > > Brad > > > > > > host dmesg required here. >
this is likely due to the known issue in 7.9 and previous where later linux kernels attempt to access some of the amd cpu provided mmio regions and 7.9 doesn't implement that. we fixed this in 8.0 / -current, so you could either sysupgrade to the latest snapshot, or you could remove #ifdef MMIO_NOTYET in 7.9 vmd source and rebuild. I suggest the former, because you also would get all the other fixes we committed to vmm/vmd recently.
