FN11 how to create win7 vm

[marian78]

Hi,
i cant start/install Windows 7 VM. Still STOPPED.

Testing machine for FN11:

Its very old AMD machine, but still have POPCNT
CPU AMD PI X4 9750
RAM 8G DDR2
HDD 1T WD
BIOS: standard (non UEFI)
MB: MSI K9A2 CF
FN11 stable

What i done:
1. create zvol
2. create vm (add cmdrom with iso windows7, add disk)
3. clisk start VM
4. machin is still stopped, vnc client cant connect

Is still have AMD problem with VMs?

 

[m0nkey_]

I think your processor is missing the NRIPS (Next RIP Save) feature in order to run VMs on Bhyve.

 

[marian78]

Thx sir for quick answer.

In FN 11 Guide is:

Code:

To verify that an AMD processor has the required features, use Shell to run grep POPCNT /var/run/dmesg.boot. If the output shows the POPCNT feature, this processor can be used with bhyve.

Ok, checked dmesg for NRIPS:

Code:

Features=0x178bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,C
  Features2=0x802009<SSE3,MON,CX16,POPCNT>									 
  AMD Features=0xee500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,FFXSR,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM,3DNow!+,3DNow!
  AMD Features2=0x7ff<LAHF,CMP,SVM,ExtAPIC,CR8,ABM,SSE4A,MAS,Prefetch,OSVW,IBS>
  SVM: NP,NAsids=64

So, this AMD CPU dont have NRIPS. But in guide is missing this information.

 

[m0nkey_]

Thanks for the heads up. I've opened a bug ticket for the documentation in order to address this: https://bugs.freenas.org/issues/24789

 

[marian78]

Thx sir for your time and opening ticket.

 

[Peter Cheong]

Hi,

I'm having the same issue here.

I'm using FN11.2
Xeon E5540
8GB RAM

VT-x: PAT,HLT,MTF,PAUSE,EPT,VPID

need help. Thanks

 

[KrisBee]

Hi,

I'm having the same issue here.

I'm using FN11.2
Xeon E5540
8GB RAM

VT-x: PAT,HLT,MTF,PAUSE,EPT,VPID

need help. Thanks

@Peter Cheong You're out of luck, Xeon E5540 CPU does not support bhyve. See the FreeNAS Guide: https://www.ixsystems.com/documentation/freenas/11.2/virtualmachines.html

To verify that an Intel processor has the required features, use Shell to run grep VT-x /var/run/dmesg.boot. If the EPT and UG features are shown, this processor can be used with bhyve.