my startup script for xhyve

archbox-xhyve.sh

#!/bin/bash
# start up my Arch machine

# root disk:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=root.img bs=1000000 count=4000 conv=sparse
# scratch disk is for moving data in and out without networking
# e.g. tar -xzvf /dev/vdb
# dd if=/dev/zero of=scratchdisk.img bs=1000000 count=2500 conv=sparse

data=$HOME/archbox
# for system rescue
#cmdline="earlyprintk=serial console=ttyS0 archisolabel=RESCUE700 archisobasedir=sysresccd"
# regular operation
cmdline="earlyprintk=serial console=ttyS0 root=/dev/vda1"

/usr/local/bin/xhyve \
	-U 03392C0D-BDA9-49FC-9E19-B2D775CBBB10 \
	-A \
	-m 4G \
	-c 4 \
	-s 1,ahci-cd,$data/tmp/systemrescue-7.00-amd64.iso \
	-s 2,virtio-blk,$data/root.img \
	-s 3,virtio-blk,$data/scratchdisk.img \
	-s 4,virtio-net,vmnet0 \
	-s 0:0,hostbridge -s 31,lpc -l com1,stdio \
	-f "kexec,$data/vmlinuz-linux,$data/initramfs-linux.img,$cmdline"