Bhyve Slackware setup

Bhyve and Slackware

Install the sysutils/vm-bhyve package.

add the following to /path/to/vm/.templates/slackware.conf

slackware.conf

loader="uefi"
cpu=4
graphics="yes"
memory=8192M
network0_type="virtio-net"
network0_switch="public"
disk0_type="virtio-blk"
disk0_name="disk0.img"

vm create -t slackware -s 128G slackguest vm install slackguest slackware64-15.0-install-dvd.iso

partiton the disk cfdisk /dev/disk

run the setup

setup

and continue with the install..

Install ELILO since we setup Slackware to use uefi this is your only option and allows you to not require to use the bhyve specific version of grub.

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