can't boot iso with uefi-csm boot method

[BunEy]

I'm trying to install kerio control which doesn't support uefi.
Everytime I cu into the vm all I get is a blank screen.
I have been able to install centos 6 with uefi-csm in the past but even now centos iso cannot boot with ueft-csm either.
removing the cdrom will boot into shell.
I'm running the lastest stable 11.1-U4

 

[KrisBee]

I don't remember the UEFI-CSM boot method ever working, and it certainly doesn't work now. Nor have I seen any indication of an upstream fix to this variant of the byhve uefi firmware.

Using iohyve is your only option for now.

 

[BunEy]

Used to work during corral and shortly after still works now I think just iso boot is not working.
Something must have been broken recently.
I managed to install in iohyve and copy the disk over.
It's working nicely now booting via uefi-csm.

 

[KrisBee]

Corral is dead, I discounted it. I presume you used iohyve with grub-bhye as the loader, but what exactly do you mean by "... and copy the disk over" ? A VM created in iohyve will not appear in the WebUI, so I'm not clear what's happening when you say "now booting via uefi-csm".

 

[BunEy]

yes, grub-bhyve in iohyve.
when installation is complete copy the zvol to a new location.
added a new vm in gui using uefti-csm and attached the disk.
boot and vola :)

now i have 2x uefti-csm and 1x uefti and a jail.
it's a beautiful creation, wish it was simpler.
I quite liked Corral, it worked well for me, don't know why it was killed off.

 

[KrisBee]

OK, that works if you want both iohyve and bhyve active on your system at the same time.

But UEFI-CSM is not working as portrayed in the FreeNAS 11 guide and as implied in the WebUI options. If you cannot use it as a working install option via the webUI, you can't create a VM that will boot with the UEFI-CSM option.

Really you should be able to use bhyve only at the CLI to do the same thing you've done with iohyve. Create a zvol via the webUI for the VM. At the CLI create a device.map file for grub-byhve. Load the linux kernel with the appropriate grub-byhve command then start the VM with the appropriate bhyve command to boot your install iso, etc. But there'll be no bridge net device to attach the tap to unless a VM created via webui has already been started or it's done manually.

All rather messy.