Need X-server to run in bhyve guest

[Rodney W. Grimes]

> 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.

I am not sure you actuall need an EFI partition in that situation, but
you may want one, and that is a missing feature of bsdinstall.
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> Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
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Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org