Windows VM - FreeNAS 11 (BHYVE) - AMD A4-5000

[HicKisH]

I apologize in advance if this is a redundant question, but I have been unable to find a definitive answer after researching for days now.

Unable to install windows 7 or 10 64-bit in FreeNAS VM, hangs when GUI for windows installer attempts to load.

Confirmed that the hardware should be supported based on the results of the following shell command...

[root@freenas ~]# grep POPCNT /var/run/dmesg.boot
Features2=0x3ed8220b<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,MON,SSSE3,CX16,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,MOVBE,POPCNT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,AVX,F16C>

Not a lot of customization in the VM configuration but I've created a zvol of 100gb and mounted in in the VM, allocated 2 CPUs and 4096mb memory.

Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.

FreeNAS-11.0-U4
AMD A4-5000
16gb RAM

 

[m0nkey_]

As per the documentation, your processor may not support NRIPS which is also required of AMD processors.

http://doc.freenas.org/11/vms.html

AMD K10 “Kuma” processors include POPCNT but do not support NRIPS, which is required for use with bhyve. Production of these processors ceased in 2012 or 2013.

 

[HicKisH]

My understanding is that should only apply to AMD K10 "Kuma" (assuming they meant "PUMA") processors, which mine is not. Mine is a newer "Jaguar" architecture which should support NRIPS.

As per the documentation, your processor may not support NRIPS which is also required of AMD processors.

http://doc.freenas.org/11/vms.html

 

[rs225]

Yes, this CPU should work. (notes NRIP save supported)
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Jaguar/AMD-A4-Series A4-5000.html

I would try stripping the VM down to see if anything works. 1 cpu, 2GB RAM.

 

[HicKisH]

I have tried that. As a side note, am able to successfully install/boot a FreeBSD 11.1 machine, but has issues getting KDE to start "X server for display :0 cannot be started, session disabled". Could it be and VNC display issue?

Yes, this CPU should work. (notes NRIP save supported)
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Jaguar/AMD-A4-Series A4-5000.html

I would try stripping the VM down to see if anything works. 1 cpu, 2GB RAM.

 

[wildas2017]

Has anyone had any luck with installing windows using bhyve and amd as yet? I'm still running into the same issue since the start where upon load all I get is the windows logo and it does not progress to setup.
I previously under VirtualBox had windows running without issues but bhyve just won't let me install win, I've tried win 7,8,10, server 2012 and 2016, no success, I can run Linux based OS's no issues, my AMD CPU meets the requirements for running, googling the issue lists experiences much the same.
Any advice would be appreciated

 

[fabiob]

I'm interested in that, any updates? Thanks!

 

[HicKisH]

Revisited this issue after some time, am now able to get the VM to boot but only with 1 proc, allocating any more makes the VM unstable. Guessing some update between then and now has somewhat resolved the issue, but is still not stable.