Re: VMM can't boot from *.iso files, right?

On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 03:37:22AM +0300, Leonid Bobrov wrote:
> On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 01:23:13PM -0700, Carlos Cardenas wrote:
> > On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 11:13:16PM +0300, Leonid Bobrov wrote:
> > > On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 12:56:25PM -0700, Carlos Cardenas wrote:
> > > > On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 10:13:03PM +0300, Leonid Bobrov wrote:
> > > > > Hi!
> > > > >
> > > > > Today I tried to boot FreeBSD, DragonFlyBSD and OpenBSD in VMM, for
> > > > > some reason when I boot them from their .iso files, only their
> > > > > bootloaders show up. After that they reboot (DragonFlyBSD just shuts
> > > > > down). But I was able to boot kernels with -b flag.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Leonid,
> > > >
> > > > Did you set the console to be the serial on com0 with the openbsd iso?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Nope :/
> > >
> > > > # stty com0 115200
> > > > # set tty com0
> > > > # boot
> > > >
> > > > It needs to be set on iso install media where as bsd.rd automatically
> > > > does it.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I expected *BSD to automatically do that. Thank you :)
> >
> > You're welcome...patches are also welcome.
> >
> > +--+
> > Carlos
> >
> > >
> > > > If you ever decide to use Linux in VMM, you'll have to do the same thing
> > > > with grub.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I have to do it at both FreeBSD and DragonFlyBSD right now :)
> > >
> > > > +--+
> > > > Carlos
> > > >
> >
>
> Tomorrow I'll have great fun trying to administrate both FreeBSD and
> DragonFlyBSD in virtual machines. Their documentation is unreliable,
> after configuring serial consoles they keep panic o_O
> (I can see why FreeBSD panics, while DragonFlyBSD silently shuts down)
>

FreeBSD requires some work still. Not sure about DFly.

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