Debian LVM as guest with bhyve

Hi,

I am very new with bhyve and getting several issues with bhyve and Debian LVM, this is how I start the guest,

  • bhyvectl --destroy --vm=debian
  • grub-bhyve -m /opt/data/bhyve/vm0-device.map -M 2048 debian
  • bhyve -c 2 -m 2048M -H -P -A \
    -s 0:0,hostbridge \
    -s 1:0,lpc -s 2:0,virtio-net,tap0 \
    -s 3,ahci-cd,/opt/tmp/iso/debian-7.8.0-amd64-netinst.iso \
    -l com1,/dev/nmdm0A \
    -s 4,ahci-hd,/dev/zvol/zroot/vm0 debian &
(1) My first issue is that I couldn't start the Debian normally after executing the command b), I have to input these grub commands every time I reboot the guest:
Code:
grub> linux (hd0,msdos1)/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/vpool-root
grub> initrd (hd0,msdos1)/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64
grub> boot
Is there anyway to do it one time without input extra grub commands?

(2) I use tip vm0 to access virtual console, but it's really not good, always getting message "All ports are busy" for every time I reconnect back to guest. if I kill the tip process, the guest will be shutdown, and I have to start the guest from beginning.

Which is the best way to connect virtual console to guest?

Thanks a lot

:)
 
Thanks for the answers. I have also gone through these instructions to create the Debian guest, but got that issues.
I just tried to change as following:

grub-bhyve -m /opt/data/bhyve/vm0-device.map -r hd0,msdos1 -M 2048 proxy

bhyve -c 2 -m 2048M -H -P -A \
-s 0:0,hostbridge \
-s 1:0,lpc \
-s 2:0,virtio-net,tap0 \
-l com1,/dev/nmdm0A \
-s 4,ahci-hd,/dev/zvol/zroot/vm0 proxy &


but it doesn't work, need to input the kernel info at grub> after executing the grub-bhyve command.
 
When LVM is selected in a Debian/Ubuntu install, the grub config file is put into a non-default location: /grub/grub.cfg instead of /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

grub-bhyve can be told to look into the alternate directory with the -d <dir> option. The boot should be fine if you change your grub-bhyve command line to grub-bhyve -d /grub -m /opt/data/bhyve/vm0-device.map -r hd0,msdos1 -M 2048 proxy
 
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That's cool, it's working, iI can see the grub selection menu displays.
For now, to start a bhyve guest, iI have to run at least two commands:
bhyvectl --destroy --vm=proxy
(this may an option, except restart/reboot)

grub-bhyve -m /opt/data/bhyve/vm0-device.map -r hd0,msdos1 -M 2048 proxy -d /grub

bhyve -c 2 -m 2048M -H -P -A \
-s 0:0,hostbridge \
-s 1:0,lpc \
-s 2:0,virtio-net,tap0 \
-l com1,/dev/nmdm0A \
-s 4,ahci-hd,/dev/zvol/zroot/vm0 proxy &


Is that possible to use /usr/share/examples/bhyve/vmrun.sh script, to control start/stop/reboot the guest?
How could iI set the guest auto start when host is rebooted?

Thank you.
 
There aren't any startup scripts yet. So it's still a bit of a manual job (or script something yourself).
 
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