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Date:      Thu, 11 Jul 2019 22:46:38 +0200
From:      Damjan Jovanovic <damjan.jov@gmail.com>
To:        Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org" <freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Unable to create virtual machines under FreeBSD's VirtualBox
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On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 10:46 PM Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> I am on a box that was reinstalled 2 weeks back.
>
>
> I earlier used to be able to create VirtualBox virtual machines. But now
> things are not so good. Now when I try to create a Windows 10 vm, the
> vdi gets created alright. But when I try to install Windows 10 on the
> vdi, the installer gets stuck at the stage just after "Copying files".
>
> I think that stage is captioned "Getting files ready for installation".
>
> The installation gets stuck at that stage at 41% or a lower value.
>
>
> Is there something I am doing wrong ? I have 'vboxdrv_load=YES' in
> /boot/loader.conf and 'vboxnet_enable=YES' in /etc/rc.conf.
>
>
> To be sure, this is a FreeBSD-specific issue. I booted into Linux where
> I was able to create the Windows 10 vm easily enough.
>
>
> As for creating Linux vm's inside FreeBSD VirtualBox, that is another
> sorry story.
>
> The installer welcome screen cannot even ping the internet address 8.8.8.8
>
> despite the fact that NAT is always enabled for my vm's.
>
>
> Any help from you gentlemen to enable me create virtual machines under
>
> FreeBSD's VirtualBox would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> --
>
> Thank you & Regards,
> Manish Jain
>
>
>

Try checking "Use Host I/O Cache" under the VM's Settings -> Storage.

Damjan



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