Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 07:47:36 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can't install freebsd inside virtualbox, glacially slow Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1506300746110.28481@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <55926E72.5080706@sneakertech.com> References: <55925B9B.2090503@sneakertech.com> <55926E72.5080706@sneakertech.com>
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On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Quartz wrote: > >> I can't seem to get the 10.1 installer to work under virtualbox, >> everything is so slow it's completely unusable. The dvd image takes >> upwards of a minute to even draw the opening ascii menu, and attempting >> to boot the kernel just sits there forever. If I convert the memstick >> img into a vdi and boot from that, I just get the "spinning slash" >> forever (it doesn't even get to the menu). I've tried the 'set >> vfs.unmapped_buf_allowed=0' trick, tried changing vb's chipset from >> PIIX3 to ICH9, tried changing the number of CPUs and ram and everything, >> but no dice. Anyone have any ideas? > > 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). Make sure virtualbox-ose-kmod has been rebuilt after the host OS has been updated.
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