On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 02:06:36PM +0300, Ilya Maximets wrote: > > Hi, the list, > > > > I am trying to boot a FreeBSD guest but failed. It hangs at the > > kernel booting phase: > > > > /boot/ker]el/kernel text=0x14ed860 data=0x132538+0x4baa68 > > syms=[0x8+0x159ee8+0x8 > > Booting... > > (nothing more) > > > > It's just as simple as downloading the image and boot so I can't think > > of anything strange within my procedures so far: > > > > https://wiki.qemu.org/Hosts/BSD#FreeBSD > > > > I also tried the latest image here: > > > > https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releases/VM-IMAGES/11.2-RELEASE/amd64/Latest/FreeBSD-11.2-RELEASE-amd64.qcow2.xz > > > > but it's having the same problem as 11.0. > > > > Am downloading an fresh ISO, but before I continue I'm just curious on > > whether anyone is using these images and whether there's quick answers > > to what I have encountered. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > -- > > Peter Xu > > Hi, > I have one VM with FreeBSD-11.2-RELEASE-amd64.qcow2 image and it works > fine under qemu 2.12.1. But it's controlled by libvirt + virt-manager, > so it has a bit more cmdline arguments than in wiki. > > In general, those images has serial console disabled by default.
Well... I never expected this. :) > > Creating the following file in VM fs: > [root@freebsd ~]# cat /boot/loader.conf > boot_multicons="YES" > boot_serial="YES" > comconsole_speed="115200" > console="comconsole,vidconsole" > > allows me to successfully boot with: > # qemu-system-x86_64 -machine accel=kvm -m 2048 \ > -cpu host -enable-kvm -nographic -smp 2 \ > -drive if=virtio,file=./FreeBSD-11.2-RELEASE-amd64.qcow2,format=qcow2 > > Best regards, Ilya Maximets. SPICE worked for me now, and I tested your serial configuration, it works as well! (though there'll be some display issue with the boot logo before the kernel starts, but it's not a big problem) Thanks! -- Peter Xu
