Hyper-V Gen 2 VM Issues/Workarounds (Supported in Build 18.1/FreeBSD 11.1)

[franco]

Installer system: /tmp/installer.log
Installed system: /var/log/bsdinstaller/installer.log

[marjohn56]

That... appears to work...

[marjohn56]

Installer system: /tmp/installer.log
Installed system: /var/log/bsdinstaller/installer.log

Where, I could not access the hard drive, even when I did a  manual install at reboot it would just attempt to boot from lan as there was no drive to boot from.


now I can.

[bimmerdriver]

Can somebody try this on normally crashing Hyper-V install prior to bootup please?

1. Escape to loader prompt (3)
2. Type: set hw.vga.textmode="0"
3. Type: boot


Thanks,
Franco

I gave this several attempts and it didn't make any difference. I tried several times using the guided setup with no changes to the configuration. Every time, it hung. I also tried several times using the guided setup after changing the font to 8x14. Every time, it hung. When it "hangs", I can see that the VM is still using CPU, but nothing is happening. Even left for a while, there is no installation progress.

[marjohn56]

Yet its installed on mine. cannot test again now until maybe Sunday.

[bimmerdriver]

Maybe the difference is because you are using a different version of hyper-v.

[bimmerdriver]

I noticed there is a newer version of the snapshot, so I downloaded it. There is still no difference.

Whether or not I accept the default font or change it to 8x14 and whether or not I execute the set command, the installer hangs at the prompt to select task. There is no getting past this point. It's not even possible to attempt a manual configuration.

[franco]

I took another stab at the "font" theory, but it doesn't make a difference like you said. Will need to build an Hyper-V test machine to inspect this further. To be continued in the new thread.


Cheers,
Franco