Running grub-bhyve in the background???

[Allan Jude]

On 2015-02-07 20:04, Willem Jan Withagen wrote:
> Hi (Peter),
> 
> I'm trying to run grub-bhyve completely automated but when I run my
> version of vmrun.sh like
> 	../bin/bhyve-run -f /usr/local/etc/ezbhyve/Ubuntu1204A/rc.conf &
> 
> Thegrub-bhyve loader waits for me to forground it again, because it
> wants to write to the output. Probably this is due to the use of curses,
> which only continues if it is actually connected to the foreground.
> 
> ====
> + /usr/local/sbin/grub-bhyve -e -vvv -r hd0,msdos1 -m ./ubuntu-12.04.map
> -M 2048M ubuntu-12.04.1
> 
> [2]  + Suspended (tty output)        ../bin/bhyve-run -f
> /usr/local/etc/ezbhyve/Ubuntu1204A/rc.conf
> ====
> 
> Is it possible on the commandline to get grub-bhyve to continue
> regardless the backgrounded state?
> 
> Regards,
> --Willem Jan
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In newer versions of the bhyve loader, you can redirect the output to a
nmdm (null modem) device, so it can run unattended

-- 
Allan Jude

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