On 2017-10-02 11:57, Jiri B wrote: > On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 02:56:18PM -0400, Josh Grosse wrote: >> Hey Jiri. >> >>> I started this vm with: >>> >>> vmctl start suse01 -c -d $iso -d $disk -L >>> >>> where iso is openSUSE-Leap-42.3-DVD-x86_64.iso[1]. >>> >>> Any idea what's going on? >> >> I'll bet it's because you are attempting to boot a DVD image, >> which doesn't have an MBR. Bootable DVDs use the El Torito >> standard for booting.[1] >> >> Tho the best of my recollection, vmm(4) guests must boot from disk images >> with the seabios or from BSD kernels with -b. > > -b path Boot the VM with the specified kernel or BIOS image. > If not specified, the default is to boot using the BIOS > image in /etc/firmware/vmm-bios. > > IIUC you do not need to define anything, if not specified it is using > seabios. > > I was able to boot opensuse from that dvd, although later on I got an > error in the installer :/
This was because the installer couldn't locate the "dvd", correct? > j. > >> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Torito_(CD-ROM_standard) > +--+ Carlos
