From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 16 22:16:35 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CC41A791 for ; Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:16:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-oa0-x22f.google.com (mail-oa0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c02::22f]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4E4FE1F14 for ; Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:16:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f47.google.com with SMTP id m1so2449412oag.34 for ; Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:16:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bluelife.at; s=google; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=zVde99RXl/5TZ0ANahQwORevXdGZZ3V8rODKn8D6Mv4=; b=gXbFSlgjzVwLifEHyrOf2n1oEF4ziuHMTwdWDZr0UBTNvB/Ow+DekIqQ6iWOgp2AL3 YYctuZHwVsbx8wsynqsCs3Wx9G95BVHoKoD73x3nJIPD/CmDBknGIkrTnAA8CRNxq9bL Kn66cY13iEZwYQAnXSBHO+r3n1fr8OVlUkg7Q= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=zVde99RXl/5TZ0ANahQwORevXdGZZ3V8rODKn8D6Mv4=; b=UkVkZZ6q0ZW3Yw3UsWMjBRMDuuZhgO39/eJfdAM003LujBllslCnubmgznkOBgRp12 qLJZlx6h1ss/JE7dFEIXa8RWkJsru9nC+5fioeKxjx2QGPLzSzfeSKbmvbSysnOXqtDC 7CHU1mOa6zS0oQyNyvjAXAdVE/s19WvO3xtAv+L5oWQabsVpngwD3O+yL/yeb5fIaLBa NdVb3V57pEzyDPb04Tk4Qdse5ycHO/htBykJR9oCSnh2GLw6xsDrKT9judBfQJqaWoZZ hJrTiA22kg2PYqNJa+5tmZl86o+WlKKsPpTuleRcA1UiX8spCJgqdFzk5uirFNkS5QlN FslA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlaEz2+FIpg3mS9H5sB8Ixoh4fdHUlu+apznwB7JWib+Y0cu87b2xbGjKXGEFsZEH5kbZEP MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.223.37 with SMTP id qr5mr9208809obc.41.1389910594492; Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:16:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.154.2 with HTTP; Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:16:34 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [93.111.141.233] Received: by 10.76.154.2 with HTTP; Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:16:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <52D8502C.1030304@sentex.net> References: <52D7FCB3.8030806@sentex.net> <52D83A2B.3040104@sentex.net> <52D8502C.1030304@sentex.net> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 23:16:34 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Preferred controller types From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bernhard_Fr=F6hlich?= To: Mike Tancsa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: "freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:16:36 -0000 Am 16.01.2014 22:33 schrieb "Mike Tancsa" : > > 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 ? Defaults should be preferred and you should try to avoid ICH9. I was told from upstream that ich9 is still not the default because it just doesn't work reliable enough in all cases. So be carefull with that.