Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:43:14 -0800 From: Richard Sharpe <realrichardsharpe@gmail.com> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Trond_Endrest=F8l?= <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does anyone know how to install FreeBSD 8.3 under Virtual Box 4.2.6? Message-ID: <CACyXjPxkh=_aFJ_kHd5j7ULHzRRO28i9_x5M1hkXLbB3c26iwA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1303010826040.91347@mail.fig.ol.no> References: <CACyXjPzeJzGyP5F5-GB1bJbZ59CdzVQsu4mJvahv16ENN57zFQ@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1303010826040.91347@mail.fig.ol.no>
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On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Trond Endrest=C3=B8l
<Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:04-0800, Richard Sharpe wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I booted the FreeBSD 8.3 DVD1 under Virtual Box, but it crashes in VB
>> 4.2.6 under Win 7 and Linux.
>>
>> Seems to install OK on QEMU/VMM under Linux ...
>>
>> Does anyone know how to get it to run under Virtual Box?
>
> Ensure firmware settings (i.e. BIOS) allow for hw virtualization.
Thanks Trond. I assume you mean the host here. Since it has installed
under QEMU/vmm on Linux, I guess that I have HW Virtualization
enabled. Actually, I know that this is the case, since I have run
OpenIndianna under Virtual Box as well as Windows Server 2008.
> You don't specify if you are attempting i386 or amd64.
True. AMD64. Maybe I need to check that.
> VB needs to know if you're running a 32 bit or 64 bit guest OS.
>
> A higher degree of details would be nice.
>
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