On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 11:15:57AM -0700, Mike Larkin wrote: > On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 06:47:17PM +0200, Karl Pettersson wrote: > > Arch Linux works well as a vmd guest. Some notes about my experiences > > installing the system: > > > > * The Arch installation can be started from the serial console, see: > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Working_with_the_serial_console > > #Installing_Arch_Linux_using_the_serial_console > > However, the installation still tends to be unstable, due to unreliable > > downloads (which has been discussed earlier). Until this is fixed, the > > installation can be run in QEMU, or in a guest under Linux/KVM (as is > > currently required by distributions with graphical install). > > > > * Syslinux has to be used as bootloader, and serial console should be > > enabled: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Syslinux#Serial_console > > Moreover, the generated config has to be edited to point to the > > correct root device, and if Ext4 is used as root file system, it must > > not be 64bit (which is enabled by default when the file system is > > created): http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Filesystem > > > > Thanks for trying this out and reporting Karl. > > The notes about serial console are welcome. Do note that we are working toward > an sgabios + seabios payload so that you will be able to install from media > that uses the regular VGA console (sgabios redirects VGA text mode I/O to > the serial console). There are a couple of developers working on this, > hopefully > it will make it to the tree soon. >
vmd -current is ready to handle sgabios with a different BIOS image. sthen@ has made an updated sysutils/firmware/vmm port that includes sgabios, but it is not available yet, you can give it quick try by replacing the /etc/firmware/vmm-bios file with the following image that I created manually: https://bsd.plumbing/vmm-bios-sgabios Notes and config (to build your own): https://bsd.plumbing/vmm-bios-sgabios.config.txt Reyk
