Need X-server to run in bhyve guest

Victor Sudakov vas at sibptus.ru
Tue Dec 3 09:45:30 UTC 2019


Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Second, unless I select ZFS, there is no option to install on GPT+UEFI.
> > > > Fine, let's install on ZFS.
> > > 
> > > Do you mean GPT+UFS?  
> > 
> > I mean UFS+GPT+UEFI. That means, a EFI partition should be created and
> > populated by the installer, alongside with the UFS and swap partitions.
> > 
> > bsdinstall can create and populate the EFI partition when
> > installing on ZFS, but not when installing on UFS.
> > 
> > > Not sure what the failure is here.  I usually
> > > install MBR/(UFS or ZFS) so this is not a use case for me.
> > 
> > How do you create the EFI partition, manually?
> 
> I don't use bsdinstall at all, I install using make and a Makefile,
> so, kinda yes, kinda no, not manual, but not bsdinstall either.

I see. Well, I personally like bsdinstall for simple cases.  It's a pity
it cannot automagically create a EFI partition when installing on UFS.
But its ZFS installation routine is neat, and "bsdinstall jail" too.

-- 
Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
2:5005/49 at fidonet http://vas.tomsk.ru/
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