From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Sep 13 18:49:46 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E6033E4229 for ; Sun, 13 Sep 2020 18:49:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk) Received: from electron.ecohosting.co.uk (electron.ecohosting.co.uk [185.53.59.181]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BqJSn0HdMz4WXy for ; Sun, 13 Sep 2020 18:49:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=milibyte.co.uk; s=default; h=Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding: MIME-Version:Message-ID:Date:Subject:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; 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RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a]; HAS_X_SOURCE(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[milibyte.co.uk:+]; HAS_X_ANTIABUSE(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; CTE_CASE(0.50)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:12488, ipnet:185.53.56.0/22, country:GB]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; HAS_X_AS(0.00)[mailpool@milibyte.co.uk]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.04)[-1.042]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[milibyte.co.uk:s=default]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.01)[-1.012]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[milibyte.co.uk]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.16)[0.156]; HAS_X_GMSV(0.00)[mailpool@milibyte.co.uk]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2020 18:49:46 -0000 I've followed these steps to use vm-bhyve to install a Windows 7 guest on my FreeBSD 12.1 system based on the instructions at http://srobb.net/vm-bhyve.html pkg install vm-bhyve bhyve-firmware zfs create home/NOBACKUP/vm Added vm_enable="YES" and vm_dir="zfs:home/NOBACKUP/vm" to /etc/rc.conf cp /usr/local/share/examples/vm-bhyve/* /nobackup/vm/.templates vm switch create public vm switch add public re0 Placed a copy of the Windows 7 installation ISO into /nobackup/vm/.iso vm create -t windows -s 40G win7 vm install win7 win7.iso vncviewer :5900 The Windows installer started , although it did not respond to my mouse I was able to navigate through the first stages of setup using the keyboard as far as the disk setup screen where I selected 'Disk 0 Unallocated Space' and clicked 'Next'. The installation was then cancelled with the message "Windows could not format a partition on disk 0. The error occurred while preparing the partition selected for installation. Error code: 0x80070057" -- Mike Clarke