Creating a BHyve guest

[James B. Byrne]

On Tue, May 31, 2016 03:26, Bernt Hansson wrote:
> On 2016-05-30 20:34, James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions wrote:
>> This all seems to work as documented.  I configure the new vm,
>> confirm
>> my choices and shut down.  When I attempt to restart the new system
>> using either of the following then the attempt fails.
>>
>> bhyve -A -H -P -s 0:0,hostbridge \
>>>    -s 1:0,lpc \
>>>    -s 2:0,virtio-net,tap0 \
>>>    -s 3:0,virtio-blk,/dev/zvol/zroot/vm/samba_dc01.img \
>>>    -l com1,stdio -c 2 -m 4096M \
>>>    samba_dc01
>> virtual machine cannot be booted
>>
>> or
>>
>> sh /usr/share/examples/bhyve/vmrun.sh \
>>>    -c 2 -m 4096M -t tap0 \
>>>    -d samba_dc01.img \
>>>    samba_dc01
>> Launching virtual machine "samba_dc01" ...
>> Installation CDROM image "./release.iso" is not readable
>>
>>
>> I cannot see any other steps in the documentation that I have read.
>> What am I missing or what am I doing wrong?
>>
>>
> You need to set the correct iso filename in vmrun.sh.
>
> Line 40
> DEFAULT_ISOFILE="./release.iso"
>
>
>

I thought that I had already installed the OS from the iso in step 5. 
I am now at the point of rebooting the installed OS.  That implies
that the need for a boot CD is no longer present.  Why is the CD image
still necessary?  And why is this step not documented in the handbook
if it is in fact required?


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