Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...

2013-12-02 Thread Marc Fournier
Am currently trying to read up on bhyve, and replacing virtualbox with it once we move to 10.x … rather something native vs 3rd party *if* it fits … I just read through http://bhyve.org/bhyve-manual.txt, and one thing that doesn’t seem to be supported (or, I’ve missed it) is HeadLess support …

Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...

2013-12-02 Thread Peter Grehan
Hi Marc, I just read through http://bhyve.org/bhyve-manual.txt, and one thing that doesn’t seem to be supported (or, I’ve missed it) is HeadLess support … I get the impression that using this on a remote server isn’t currently possible, or am I missing something in the docs? It is. The easies

Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...

2013-12-02 Thread Marc Fournier
On Dec 2, 2013, at 16:08 , Peter Grehan wrote: > Hi Marc, > >> I just read through http://bhyve.org/bhyve-manual.txt, and one thing >> that doesn’t seem to be supported (or, I’ve missed it) is HeadLess >> support … I get the impression that using this on a remote server >> isn’t currently possi

Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...

2013-12-02 Thread Michael Gmelin
On Mon, 2 Dec 2013 16:11:53 -0800 Marc Fournier wrote: > > On Dec 2, 2013, at 16:08 , Peter Grehan wrote: > > > Hi Marc, > > > >> I just read through http://bhyve.org/bhyve-manual.txt, and one > >> thing that doesn’t seem to be supported (or, I’ve missed it) is > >> HeadLess support … I get

Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...

2013-12-02 Thread Peter Grehan
Hi Marc, It is. The easiest is using the recent change (r258668) which allows bhyveload and bhyve to direct output to a tty instead of just stdio. ‘k, that would work … so *if* I’m reading the docs right, the intiial build of the file system / install of guest OS, happens on an interactive rem

Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...

2013-12-03 Thread Marc Fournier
How about disk size? The Instructions for vmrun.sh state: 6. Select default console type "vt100" or whatever is appropriate for you Install on disk device vtbd0 (appears as a 8GB disk device) At the end select "yes" when the "Manual Configuration" box appears. I’m assuming that

Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...

2013-12-03 Thread Peter Grehan
Hi Marc, How about disk size? The Instructions for vmrun.sh state: 6. Select default console type "vt100" or whatever is appropriate for you Install on disk device vtbd0 (appears as a 8GB disk device) At the end select "yes" when the "Manual Configuration" box appears. I’m assuming

Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...

2013-12-03 Thread Ivan Voras
Hi, What is the status of running "foreign" (non-FreeBSD) guests in bhyve in 10.0 and CURRENT? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

RE: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...

2013-12-03 Thread Robert Sevat
6.0.7 netinstallDebian 7.0 netinstallOpenSUSE 12.3Ubuntu 10.0.4 serverUbuntu 12.0.4 serverUbuntu 13.0.4 serverUbuntu 13.10 server Kind Regards, Robert Sevat > To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org > From: ivo...@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ... > Date

Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...

2013-12-03 Thread Peter Grehan
Hi Ivan, What is the status of running "foreign" (non-FreeBSD) guests in bhyve in 10.0 and CURRENT? Recent Linux/x64's should work using grub-bhyve from ports. The easiest to use are server distros with grub2 native - Ubuntu 12/13 LTS, Debian 6/7. RHEL/CentOS 6.* works but with some manual

Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...

2013-12-04 Thread Michael Dexter
Marc, On 12/2/13 4:11 PM, Marc Fournier wrote: > I just read through http://bhyve.org/bhyve-manual.txt, and one thing >>> that doesn’t seem to be supported (or, I’ve missed it) is HeadLess >>> support … I get the impression that using this on a remote server >>> isn’t currently possible, or am I

Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...

2013-12-04 Thread Peter Grehan
Hi Michael, In short: -S 31,uart,stdio Becomes: -S 31,uart,/dev/nmdm0A This will continue to work, though the preferred way of setting up a console port is to use the PCI-ISA (aka LPC) bridge -s N,lpc (N can be any slot number on bus 0, usually 1..31) There are 2 serial ports behin