Hm, what image/dataset to use if I want to run illumos kernel in HVM?.. And installing from ISO..

nikolam: You don't use an image docs.smartos.org/how-to-create-a-virtual-machine-from-scratch

What exactly are you trying to do?

We have smartos-in-smartos images ("smartos-retro"), and there's an unofficial OmniOS image (but a bit out of date)

Yup, that's it, empty one, thanks.

Want to install oldish opensolatis and test IPS OI repo updates, like in the old times, to see where it hangs or passes.

Hmm, SmartOS HVM might be useful

You can install OmniOS in a BHYVE VM, I suspect OI will work too. (I can't remember how I brought up my OmniOS BHYVE zone, I think I used the unofficial OmniOS image and Did Upgrades internally after that).

soo. bhyve HVM can't use "nic_tag": "stub0" as etherstub for HVM virtio NIC to plug into? I have put "nic_tag": "stub0" and I see IP in 'vmadm info UUID vnc is some DHCP 'admin' interface IP..

I suppose it is only for vnc, but.. what if there no more then one IP on admin and no dhcp for it?

Ah I see, it's the same global zone IP where it opens port..

the omnios zfs image works well with bhyve, they have one for lts en stable, not sure on bloody

There are cloud images too, which have cloud-init in them (bloody too)