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On 1/16/2014 2:59 PM, Mike Tancsa wrote:
> VBoxManage storagectl rc5i386 --name "SATA" --add sata --controller
> IntelAHCI --portcount 4 --bootable on
> VBoxManage storageattach "rc5i386" --storagectl "SATA" --port 0 --device
> 0 --type hdd --medium FreeBSD-10.0-RC5-i386-20140108-r260430.vmdk

OK, next problem. If I set the disks to SATA, doing something simple
like an SVN checkout causes all sorts of disk errors and then a panic.
If I instead set the controller to just IDE, all is OK.

What is the optimal chipset and driver config for FreeBSD as a host and
guest ?

	---Mike


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