Re: [bhyve] FreeBSD guest, Handbook, vmrun.sh

From: Boris Samorodov <bsam_at_passap.ru>
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 19:38:25 +0300
09.07.2017 19:08, Benjamin Kaduk пишет:
> On Sun, Jul 09, 2017 at 06:58:09PM +0300, Boris Samorodov wrote:
>> 09.07.2017 18:48, Boris Samorodov пишет:
>>> 09.07.2017 18:37, Benjamin Kaduk пишет:
>>>>
>>>> Documentation looks okay, as -I <installer-image> is documented during
>>>> the install stage, and is not supposed to be needed during
>>>> normal operation.
>>>>
>>>> The quoted error message from vmrun.sh happens when it thinks you
>>>> need to install on the given filesystem image
>>>> (if [ $force_install -eq 1 -o $need_install -eq 1 ];)
>>>> so it might be worth checking that your guest.img contains a valid
>>>> FFS filesystem on it.  (Hmm, maybe you used ZFS and vmrun.sh isn't
>>>> prepared to handle that?)
>>>
>>> Yes, I used AutoZFS installer function to install FreeBSD.
>>
>> -----
>> % sudo mdconfig -f quest.img
>> mdo0
>>
>> % gpart show md0
>> =>      40  16777136  md0  GPT  (8.0G)
>>         40      1024    1  freebsd-boot  (512K)
>>       1064       984       - free -  (492K)
>>       2048   4194304    2  freebsd-swap  (2.0G)
>>    4196352  12578816    3  freebsd-zfs  (6.0G)
>>   16775168      2008       - free -  (1.0M)
>> -----
>>
>> So, that seems the same bug as at my previous email:
>> https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2017-July/066514.html
> 
> Is it?  I refer to this part of vmrun.sh:
> 
> 	file -s ${first_diskdev} | grep "boot sector" > /dev/null
> 	rc=$?
> 	if [ $rc -ne 0 ]; then
> 		file -s ${first_diskdev} | grep ": Unix Fast File sys" > /dev/null
> 		rc=$?
> 	fi
> 	if [ $rc -ne 0 ]; then
> 		need_install=1
> 	else
> 		need_install=0
> 	fi
> 
> Which is not expected to be particularly robust.
> (BTW, I think there is not agreement as to whether vmrun.sh should
> be used in general use, or alternate solutions for VM managemnet.)

OK, normal bhyveload/bhyve ended up at a successful boot.
Benjamin, thank you for your comments and help!

-- 
WBR, bsam
Received on Sun Jul 09 2017 - 14:38:38 UTC

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