Bug 257618 - Installation of FreeBSD on Parallels on OS X will fail without an advanced boot setting
Summary: Installation of FreeBSD on Parallels on OS X will fail without an advanced bo...
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Books & Articles (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: amd64 Any
: --- Affects Some People
Assignee: freebsd-doc (Nobody)
URL: https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/han...
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Blocks: handbook-2022
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Reported: 2021-08-04 15:13 UTC by Thaddeus Covert
Modified: 2023-04-09 17:47 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description Thaddeus Covert 2021-08-04 15:13:27 UTC
When attempting to install FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE dvd.iso, disk1.iso, and .img, initial boot to the install medium fails with an inability to find /boot/lua/loader.lua. Solution is to:

1) in parallels, navigate to settings, hardware, boot order
2) select "Advanced Settings"
3) add: 'vm.bios.efi=1'
4) boot VM and install as usual.
Comment 1 John Nielsen 2022-04-19 18:01:14 UTC
@PauAmma I can help test changes related to this.
Comment 2 Pau Amma 2022-04-22 05:22:31 UTC
(In reply to John Nielsen from comment #1)
Thanks. I (or someone) will get back to you when working in this if needed.
Comment 3 Bob Grant 2022-07-03 17:58:47 UTC
I just wanted to confirm that FreeBSD 13.1 amd64 ISO has the same issue as of Parallels v17.1.4 and the same workaround still works.

I'm also happy to test if needed.

Bob
Comment 4 Paul Wood 2022-11-06 18:01:45 UTC
I'm trying to install using Parallels 18.0.3 (Intel Mac, using Ventura OS 13.0), and even with the workaround described, I'm still unable to get past the error. :(
Comment 5 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2023-04-09 17:46:07 UTC
A commit in branch main references this bug:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=61d1d667c7a72169cd96d4b46314d297731e9596

commit 61d1d667c7a72169cd96d4b46314d297731e9596
Author:     Minsoo Choo <minsoochoo0122@proton.me>
AuthorDate: 2023-04-09 17:43:42 +0000
Commit:     Sergio Carlavilla Delgado <carlavilla@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2023-04-09 17:43:42 +0000

    Handbook - Virtualization: Upgrade Parallels installation steps

    Reviewed by:    carlavilla@ made some tweaks and format with
                    one sentence per line

    PR:                     257618
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D39470

 .../en/books/handbook/virtualization/_index.adoc   |  55 ++++++++-------------
 .../handbook/virtualization/parallels-freebsd1.png | Bin 62972 -> 705979 bytes
 .../handbook/virtualization/parallels-freebsd2.png | Bin 68151 -> 603138 bytes
 .../handbook/virtualization/parallels-freebsd3.png | Bin 76742 -> 591697 bytes
 .../handbook/virtualization/parallels-freebsd4.png | Bin 87403 -> 502689 bytes
 .../handbook/virtualization/parallels-freebsd5.png | Bin 57191 -> 514080 bytes
 .../handbook/virtualization/parallels-freebsd6.png | Bin 89874 -> 484946 bytes
 .../handbook/virtualization/parallels-freebsd7.png | Bin 69993 -> 1107633 bytes
 8 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
Comment 6 Sergio Carlavilla Delgado freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2023-04-09 17:47:40 UTC
Fixed!