Re: Windows support in bhyve

[Sergey Manucharian]

Excerpts from Peter Grehan's message from Sun 04-Oct-15 13:11:
> 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.
> 

Another report: Windows 2012 works perfectly.
FreeBSD 11-CURRENT on Thinkpad T430.

Also I was able to pass through USB3 controller to Windows. Thinkpad has
another USB2 controller which I kept with FreeBSD.

Thanks!
Sergey

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[Bug 203820] kernel panic when trying to unload vmm(4) and VirtualBox VMs are running

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=203820

--- Comment #6 from martin ilavsky  ---
(In reply to John Baldwin from comment #5)
Yeah, it does make sense that only one monitor should be running. I went trough
it went I was trying to figure out where the problem was, or at least what it
was causing. 

Not that I understand what it does exactly, but I got the idea at least. 

For others who may experience the same issue I created a thread on forums and
here I created a PR, maybe it catches somebody's attention.

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CDROM options in bhyve

[Sergey Manucharian]

Hello,

Currently bhyve supports attaching a cd image when started.
Is there any way to "change" it when the guest is already running?
Is there a way to attach the host's CD/DVD drive? 

E.g. it would be useful to be able creating symlink to an image file,
and then re-point it to another one (currently does not work).

Thanks,
Sergey

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