freebsd full | freebsd cloud | freebsd ext2fs | freebsd zfs
we are considering FOUR ways to deploy FreeBSD as a XEN/PVH guest
installer on UFS or ZFS using installer
out-of-the-box VM image
bootstrap on EXT2FS like a brute – needs special kernel
bootstrap on ZFS like a brute – needs special kernel
play with ACPI
sysctl -a | grep acpi hw.acpi.power_button_state
Xen Hypervisor Dom0 and DomU Support https://wiki.freebsd.org/Xen
12.2. FreeBSD Boot Process https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/boot-introduction.html
loader – kernel bootstrapping final stage https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=loader
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/config-network-setup.html
Install FreeBSD with mfsBSD https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/install-freebsd-with-mfsbsd.14162/