Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 11:04:47 +0200 From: Andreas Kusalananda =?utf-8?B?S8OkaMOkcmk=?= <andreas.kahari@abc.se> To: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@freebsd.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD as a guest in VirtualBox (was: concerns about install freebsd) Message-ID: <YzVfrw6kmWgBQNfT@harpo.local> In-Reply-To: <d9d25599-6b96-e61e-899e-aac46af712ca@freebsd.org> References: <CACJufxEriHZcoxxDFYTwykxA0fwN8YpV74dUp3iCt9-oFO0rxg@mail.gmail.com> <CAFYkXjnOMPzYbuf02WRdJd4OO84JabJVbub76KiRYigrB9Ue8A@mail.gmail.com> <CACJufxFfYwFCmpKfZZYcxMU=Ckp7M5bceH=LijpEO=HZwzniCQ@mail.gmail.com> <YzU7Ky4gnR6uc8m9@harpo.local> <d9d25599-6b96-e61e-899e-aac46af712ca@freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 08:04:57AM +0100, Graham Perrin wrote: > On 29/09/2022 07:28, Andreas Kusalananda Kähäri wrote: > >> … > >> > >> I successfully installed oracle virtualbox. > >> Then landed on this site: > >> https://freebsdfoundation.org/freebsd-project/resourcesold/installing-freebsd-with-virtualbox/ > >> then I choose 13.1: > >> https://download.freebsd.org/releases/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/13.1/ > >> > >> Now, which one should I choose: bootonly.iso or disc.iso or dvd1.iso? > > A short quote from the page you're reading: > > > > For Virtual Machines, the format you are looking for is the file > > ending in -disk.iso as shown abovew. > > > There is no -disk.iso > > I'll request corrections (and an addition) to the Foundation's page. > > I do agree with the Foundation's direction to use an installer (to not > use a FreeBSD-provided VM image). > Just pick the one that they probably mean then, the FreeBSD-13.1-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso Or even the bootonly image. You're going to set up a VM to try things out, so I really don't see why you need some authoritative guide to pick the correct ISO from a directory. You can always redo if something went wrong, which is kinda the point with testing in a VM. -- Andreas (Kusalananda) Kähäri SciLifeLab, NBIS, ICM Uppsala University, Sweden .
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