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Date:      Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:46:52 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        "freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org" <emulation@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Preferred controller types
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1401161443070.93905@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <52D8502C.1030304@sentex.net>
References:  <52D7FCB3.8030806@sentex.net> <52D83A2B.3040104@sentex.net> <52D8502C.1030304@sentex.net>

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On Thu, 16 Jan 2014, Mike Tancsa wrote:

> 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 ?

For me, leaving everything at the default was best.  I don't know if it 
affects performance.



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