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Date:      Sun, 6 Jan 2013 12:09:12 +0000 (UTC)
From:      jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FB 9.1 boot loader problem in VirtualBox
Message-ID:  <loom.20130106T130339-525@post.gmane.org>
References:  <loom.20130106T005723-617@post.gmane.org> <loom.20130106T121300-657@post.gmane.org> <50E96474.4060609@FreeBSD.org>

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Matthew Seaman <matthew <at> FreeBSD.org> writes:

> 
> On 06/01/2013 11:19, jb wrote:
> > Next problem:
> > I selected powerd service during install, but after boot, there was error
> > msg:
> > starting powerd
> > powerd lookup freq: No such file or directory
> > /etc/rc: WARNING failed to start powerd
> 
> Again -- standard for VirtualBox hosts: powerd doesn't work -- the guest
> OS can't control the frequency of the host CPU, which is what you'ld
> expect thinking about it.
> 
> Just disable powerd in /etc/rc.conf to get rid of the error message.
> 
> 	Cheers,
> 
> 	Matthew
> 

A general question: to what extent is FB Install aware of installation env (VB
here) ?
If so, would it make sense to sanitize it to avoid offering install options that
are irrelevant/inappropriate ?
jb






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