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Subject: Re: Upcoming FreeBSD 10.x + bhyve ...
From: Marc Fournier <scrappy@hub.org>
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On Dec 2, 2013, at 16:08 , Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org> wrote:

> Hi Marc,
>=20
>> I just read through http://bhyve.org/bhyve-manual.txt, and one thing
>> that doesn=92t seem to be supported (or, I=92ve missed it) is =
HeadLess
>> support =85 I get the impression that using this on a remote server
>> isn=92t currently possible, or am I missing something in the docs?
>=20
> It is. The easiest is using the recent change (r258668) which allows =
bhyveload and bhyve to direct output to a tty instead of just stdio.

=91k, that would work =85 so *if* I=92m reading the docs right, the =
intiial build of the file system / install of guest OS, happens on an =
interactive remote ssh session, then I=92d shutdown and restart it =
redirecting output =85 ?

I=92m plannin gon building a 10.x system over Christmas to start playing =
with this, just trying to do as much research as possible before =85=20

thx