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Subject: Re: Can't install freebsd inside virtualbox, glacially slow
From: Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@infinito.it>
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On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> wrote:
> Nevermind, it's fixed. The virtualbox I was using claimed it was still the
> most recent version, but manually checking virtualbox.org revealed that this
> was a lie. Updating mostly fixed the slowness issue (It's still not as fast
> as my other guest OSs, but it's at least it's usable now).
>

Just for the record: I'm running a virtual box 4.3.26 on linux 64 bit,
and have a FreeBSD machine with 512 MB of ram that is running fine.
I think that we should compare some diagnostic data for a better
understanding of where the problem lies.

Luca