Bhyve error

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Hi folks,

I have been trying to install Ubuntu 16 on FreeBSD 11 host, following the steps outlined in https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/virtualization-host-bhyve.html

Unfortunately, the process fails at this grub install step.

$ sudo grub-bhyve -m device.map -r cd0 -M 1024M linuxguest
Could not create VM linuxguest
Error in initializing VM

One other thread mentioned it maybe due to VT-x. I enable VT in the BIOS, but that didn't change anything. Same error.

Can you kindly suggest a few things I can try.

Thank you in advance.

 

[Eric A. Borisch]

What does your device.map look like?
uname -a, kldstat, and ls /dev/vmm output?

 

[SirDice]

I can highly recommend using sysutils/vm-bhyve instead of creating VMs by hand. It makes it much, much easier to work with.

 

[leebrown66]

Also check /var/log/messages for something like this indicating your processor isn't compatible. The kernel module will still be loaded, so that's a bit of a red herring IMHO.

Feb 15 17:45:20 <kern.crit> apron kernel: vmx_init: processor does not support desired primary processor-based controls
Feb 15 17:45:20 <kern.crit> apron kernel: module_register_init: MOD_LOAD (vmm, 0xffffffff82d0f620, 0) error 22

 

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Thank you all for your help, and pointing me in the right direction.
Now the VM works.

It turns out that the problem was indeed VT-x; dmesg | grep VT did not show VT-x enabled.
I had to enable this flag in multiple places in the BIOS for it to take effect.