Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:19:29 -0500 From: Chris Brennan <xaero@xaerolimit.net> To: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Virtualbox - no /dev/acd0 in VM even if it's booting from CD Message-ID: <AANLkTikK2wj1e_W7HC8jOVBBE=h8R%2B8o7Dn0zShy2Q40@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D3D7D0D.6090700@qeng-ho.org> References: <4D3D7D0D.6090700@qeng-ho.org>
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On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> wrote: > I just upgraded to virtualbox-ose-3.2.12 (ditto the vbox kmod port), and > then tried to install a new VM. It booted from the CD fine but sysinstall > reported that it couldn't find a CD drive to install from. Booting another > VM that already existed showed the same problem - /dev/ad0 exists but > /dev/acd0 doesn't and there's no sign of it during the device detection part > of the boot. > > Anyone else seeing this problem? > > Details: > > The host machine is amd64, running 8.1-RELEASE-p2 GENERIC. > > The new VM is booting FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso > > The old VM is running i386 8.1-RELEASE-p1 GENERIC, and can't see /dev/acd0 > regardless of whether or not an ISO is attached to it. > > Did you try editing your VBox config for your VM? Make sure the CD-ROM is attached to the VM?
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