Re: Struggle with bhyve and Kali.

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 <zbeeble@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 <bakul@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 <zbeeble@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?
>