bhyve device emulation initialization error

[Rodney W. Grimes]

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> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to install an old 11.1-release like this:
> 
> vmrun.sh -c 4 -m 32768M -tap2 -d test-host.img -i -I
                          ^^^^^ is this a typo?  Should be -t tap2

> FreeBSD-11.1-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso test-host
> 
> I get the boot screen and countdown but it fails to boot like this:
> 
> /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x14972f8 data=0x1384c0+0x4c15e8
> syms=[0x8+0x15e8b0+0x8+0x178422]
> Booting...
> device emulation initialization error: No such file or directory
> 
> ...and returns me to the command prompt.
> 
> Just in case it was an outated bhyve on this 12-stable r354992 system, I did
> this as root, on r355929 /usr/src:
> 
> # cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/bhyve && make && make install
> 
> installed without error
> 
> tried the vmrun.sh command again, same result.
> 
> Is there a way around this?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> 
> -- 
> J.
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Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org