Install Fedora Linux 29 in iohyve

Contents

Introduction

We'll Install Fedora Linux 29 in iohyve.

Prerequisites

Properly configured iohyve running on FreeBSD. All commands below run as root.

Install

Fetch Installation Medium

iohyve fetchiso https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/29/Server/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Server-netinst-x86_64-29-1.2.iso

Create VM

iohyve create fedora 100G
iohyve set fedora ram=8G cpu=4 os=centos7 loader=grub-bhyve bargs=-A_-H_-P_-u

Adjust to taste.

Install VM

iohyve install fedora Fedora-Server-netinst-x86_64-29-1.2.iso
iohyve console fedora

Install whole disk, LVM and XFS seem to work fine, regardless of documentation.

Configure

Start VM

iohyve start fedora
iohyve console fedora
iohyve set fedora boot=1

See Fedora Linux Post Install Steps.