On Sat, Jan 03, 2015 at 05:15:11PM +0100, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > Hi, > in order to do some kernel testing, I would like to run bhyve guests > using (through NFS, probably) the host's file system. > diskless(8) is probably one way to go, i was wondering if > someone has instructions for that. > Specifically: > - how to "bhyveload" a kernel (rather than the full disk image); > as an alternative, given a kernel, something to build an image > that can be passed to bhyveload > > - how to pass the necessary config (rootpath) to the client > without having to rely on a specialized dhcp server > > I used to be familiar with diskless configs, so i can probably sort > out the server side myself. May be I missunderstand you, but diskless client-specific config relay on client IP address (ex: /conf/ip/1.2.3.4/...). Also, diskless boot relay on BIOS network support (by PXE, for example), with working NIC, assigned IP address and etc.Received on Sat Jan 03 2015 - 16:06:40 UTC
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