Re: Arch and vmd

[R0me0 ***]

Thanks Karl

Your instructions saved a lot of research.

Running funtoo linux  -current with minimal kernel ( compiled by hand )
adjusted root  partition to vda disk.

Tests performed with OpenBSD 6.0 with binary patches applied .

Cheers,










2017-04-26 13:47 GMT-03:00 Karl Pettersson :

> Arch Linux works well as a vmd guest. Some notes about my experiences
> installing the system:
>
> * The Arch installation can be started from the serial console, see:
>   https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Working_with_the_serial_console
>   #Installing_Arch_Linux_using_the_serial_console
>   However, the installation still tends to be unstable, due to unreliable
>   downloads (which has been discussed earlier). Until this is fixed, the
>   installation can be run in QEMU, or in a guest under Linux/KVM (as is
>   currently required by distributions with graphical install).
>
> * Syslinux has to be used as bootloader, and serial console should be
>   enabled: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux#Serial_console
>   Moreover, the generated config has to be edited to point to the
>   correct root device, and if Ext4 is used as root file system, it must
>   not be 64bit (which is enabled by default when the file system is
>   created): http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Filesystem
>
>

Re: Arch and vmd

[Stuart Henderson]

On 2017-04-26, Reyk Floeter  wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:15:57AM -0700, Mike Larkin wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 06:47:17PM +0200, Karl Pettersson wrote:
>> > Arch Linux works well as a vmd guest. Some notes about my experiences 
>> > installing the system:
>> > 
>> > * The Arch installation can be started from the serial console, see:
>> >   https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Working_with_the_serial_console
>> >   #Installing_Arch_Linux_using_the_serial_console
>> >   However, the installation still tends to be unstable, due to unreliable
>> >   downloads (which has been discussed earlier). Until this is fixed, the 
>> >   installation can be run in QEMU, or in a guest under Linux/KVM (as is
>> >   currently required by distributions with graphical install).
>> > 
>> > * Syslinux has to be used as bootloader, and serial console should be
>> >   enabled: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux#Serial_console
>> >   Moreover, the generated config has to be edited to point to the
>> >   correct root device, and if Ext4 is used as root file system, it must
>> >   not be 64bit (which is enabled by default when the file system is
>> >   created): http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Filesystem
>> > 
>> 
>> Thanks for trying this out and reporting Karl.
>> 
>> The notes about serial console are welcome. Do note that we are working 
>> toward
>> an sgabios + seabios payload so that you will be able to install from media
>> that uses the regular VGA console (sgabios redirects VGA text mode I/O to
>> the serial console). There are a couple of developers working on this, 
>> hopefully
>> it will make it to the tree soon.
>> 
>
> vmd -current is ready to handle sgabios with a different BIOS image.
>
> sthen@ has made an updated sysutils/firmware/vmm port that includes
> sgabios, but it is not available yet,

It's there now. If you're on -current, just run "fw_update".

Re: Arch and vmd

[Reyk Floeter]

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:15:57AM -0700, Mike Larkin wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 06:47:17PM +0200, Karl Pettersson wrote:
> > Arch Linux works well as a vmd guest. Some notes about my experiences 
> > installing the system:
> > 
> > * The Arch installation can be started from the serial console, see:
> >   https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Working_with_the_serial_console
> >   #Installing_Arch_Linux_using_the_serial_console
> >   However, the installation still tends to be unstable, due to unreliable
> >   downloads (which has been discussed earlier). Until this is fixed, the 
> >   installation can be run in QEMU, or in a guest under Linux/KVM (as is
> >   currently required by distributions with graphical install).
> > 
> > * Syslinux has to be used as bootloader, and serial console should be
> >   enabled: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux#Serial_console
> >   Moreover, the generated config has to be edited to point to the
> >   correct root device, and if Ext4 is used as root file system, it must
> >   not be 64bit (which is enabled by default when the file system is
> >   created): http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Filesystem
> > 
> 
> Thanks for trying this out and reporting Karl.
> 
> The notes about serial console are welcome. Do note that we are working toward
> an sgabios + seabios payload so that you will be able to install from media
> that uses the regular VGA console (sgabios redirects VGA text mode I/O to
> the serial console). There are a couple of developers working on this, 
> hopefully
> it will make it to the tree soon.
> 

vmd -current is ready to handle sgabios with a different BIOS image.

sthen@ has made an updated sysutils/firmware/vmm port that includes
sgabios, but it is not available yet, you can give it quick try by
replacing the /etc/firmware/vmm-bios file with the following image
that I created manually:

https://bsd.plumbing/vmm-bios-sgabios

Notes and config (to build your own):
https://bsd.plumbing/vmm-bios-sgabios.config.txt

Reyk

Re: Arch and vmd

[Mike Larkin]

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 06:47:17PM +0200, Karl Pettersson wrote:
> Arch Linux works well as a vmd guest. Some notes about my experiences 
> installing the system:
> 
> * The Arch installation can be started from the serial console, see:
>   https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Working_with_the_serial_console
>   #Installing_Arch_Linux_using_the_serial_console
>   However, the installation still tends to be unstable, due to unreliable
>   downloads (which has been discussed earlier). Until this is fixed, the 
>   installation can be run in QEMU, or in a guest under Linux/KVM (as is
>   currently required by distributions with graphical install).
> 
> * Syslinux has to be used as bootloader, and serial console should be
>   enabled: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux#Serial_console
>   Moreover, the generated config has to be edited to point to the
>   correct root device, and if Ext4 is used as root file system, it must
>   not be 64bit (which is enabled by default when the file system is
>   created): http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Filesystem
> 

Thanks for trying this out and reporting Karl.

The notes about serial console are welcome. Do note that we are working toward
an sgabios + seabios payload so that you will be able to install from media
that uses the regular VGA console (sgabios redirects VGA text mode I/O to
the serial console). There are a couple of developers working on this, hopefully
it will make it to the tree soon.

-ml

Arch and vmd

[Karl Pettersson]

Arch Linux works well as a vmd guest. Some notes about my experiences 
installing the system:

* The Arch installation can be started from the serial console, see:
  https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Working_with_the_serial_console
  #Installing_Arch_Linux_using_the_serial_console
  However, the installation still tends to be unstable, due to unreliable
  downloads (which has been discussed earlier). Until this is fixed, the 
  installation can be run in QEMU, or in a guest under Linux/KVM (as is
  currently required by distributions with graphical install).

* Syslinux has to be used as bootloader, and serial console should be
  enabled: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux#Serial_console
  Moreover, the generated config has to be edited to point to the
  correct root device, and if Ext4 is used as root file system, it must
  not be 64bit (which is enabled by default when the file system is
  created): http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Filesystem