Installing drivers onto WinPE image for bhyve

[Jason Barbier]

Yeah there really isnt an RTFM for this one. so what I would try is
using the raw image file just like you would a drive, technically you
should be able to DD it to the zvol but lets try to retrace the baby
steps here.
Also I would make sure the windows image is actually setup for UEFI boot
or try the UEFI-CSM firmware for it. if you look in the same folder you
installed the UEFI firmware there should be a file that contains UEFI-
CSM in the name. That is just a legacy boot mode for UEFI that I have
had luck getting somethings that are picky about EFI to boot.
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Jason Barbier | E: kusuriya at corrupted.io



On Wed, Jan 23, 2019, at 12:00 PM, Darren David wrote:
> Certainly, Jason. I should also mention I'm running this VM under
> FreeNAS 11.2-RELEASE. Basic details (from FreeNSD UI) are:>  * Type Bhyve
>  * Autostart: false
>  * Virtual CPUs: 2
>  * Memory: 4096
>  * BootLoader: UEFI
>  * Com Port: /dev/nmdm8B> The ISO is simply mounted as a CDROM. 
> 
> I've got two other VMs working just fine on this server (Linux and
> Windows 10), but both were created/installed from original ISO
> installers. The VM with issues is a Windows 7 VM I'm attempting to
> port from ESXi. So far, I have converted the .vmdk to a RAW image with
> virtualbox, dd'd the RAW file to a ZFS zvol, and set that as the
> primary storage for this VM. The good news is that the drive shows up,
> but upon boot the VM just dumps out into EFI shell. My thinking was to
> boot into a third-party windows EFI partition fixer (in this case,
> it's a WinPE disk that loads EaseUS Partition Master, which is the
> application having the input driver issues - only the Tab key works. I
> did try using the OEM Windows recovery utils, but it didn't solve my
> boot woes). Mind you, I've not found any evidence of folks
> successfully porting VMs from ESXi to bhyve, so please stop me now if
> it's known that this isn't something that can be done!> 
> FWIW, I'm fairly new to bhyve virtualization, so if there's a very
> clear RTFM pointer out there that might clear some of this up, I'm
> happy to review on my own time.> 
> Darren
> 
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 11:39 AM Jason Barbier
> <kusuriya at corrupted.io> wrote:>> Giving us your launch options/VM Configs would probably help.
>> depending on how you have the disks attached you may not need any
>> drivers.>> 
>>  ---
>>  Jason Barbier | E: kusuriya at corrupted.io
>> 
>> 
>>  On Wed, Jan 23, 2019, at 11:30 AM, Darren David wrote:
>>  > Hey all-
>>  > 
>>  > I'm working on a project to migrate some VMs over from ESXi to
>>  > bhyve. I'm>>  > making a bit of progress (and will absolutely document what I've
>>  > learned if>>  > and when I get it to work!), but I'm hung up on doing some EFI
>>  > boot repair.>>  > I've got a WinPE disk image with some partition fixing software
>>  > I'm wanting>>  > to try, but when the VM boots into the partition software, the
>>  > only thing>>  > that works under VNC is the Tab key (!). No other keys, no mouse.>>  > 
>>  > I'm guessing I need to load some additional drivers to get this to
>>  > play>>  > nice, but can anyone possibly tell me what drivers I need to get
>>  > additional>>  > input working in Windows under Bhyve?
>>  > 
>>  > Thank you in advance for any and all help,
>>  > Darren
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