To check I did a graphical install of kali. After install, when bhyve exited, as root I did this (to let efiboot work in bhyve):
mdconfig -a -t vnode -f kali.img # the filename I used for kali's disk mount -t msdosfs /dev/md0p1 /mnt cd /mnt/EFI mkdir BOOT cp kali/grubx64.efi BOOT/bootx64.efi cd umount /mnt I just use bhyve, not vm, so I manually started the VM after removing the .iso line. Choosing the default blanks the screen and shows just vnc's tiny cursor. So I killed it with bhyvectl --vm=kali --destroy and started it again. This time I chose the second option, that allows booting in "recovery mode" -- no X, just the console. Now I could login as the user I created & get a shell prompt. I don't use kali (or much linux) so I stopped. You're on your own at this point! May be you can ask on some kali related site.... > On Dec 7, 2024, at 8:37 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <zbee...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That doesn't seem to help for kali. I found the binary, and I think it > boots... but it goes from the 1080p that I select for it down to some 4x3 > resolution that is tiny. Then I think X is up, but I don't get a login or > any other response to input other than a mouse cursor. > > Really, this should be documented (the uefi boot variables thing). I suppose > I'll keep messing with it --- maybe booting with the full resolution and the > correct file will work --- which will likely require me to mount the efi > partition on the host and mess around. > > On Sat, Dec 7, 2024 at 7:23 PM Bakul Shah <ba...@iitbombay.org> wrote: > This may help: > https://record99.blogspot.com/2021/12/bdsdex-failed-to-load-boot0001-uefi-bhyve-sata-disk.html > > > > On Dec 7, 2024, at 3:27 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <zbee...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > So... I've installed kali a few times on bhyve. Lately on 14.1 that is now > > 14.2 (no change there). The graphical install proceeds fine (using the vm > > install command), and the first reboot (cd still attached) works fine. > > > > Subsequent reboots fail with this message: > > > > <image.png> > > > > ... which since Kali linux does install on hardware, seems to be Bhyve's > > problem. > > > > Help? >
