Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 02:01:46 +0900 From: Hyogeol Lee <hyogeollee@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com Subject: FreeBSD 8.1 as a Virtualbox Guest OS Message-ID: <BFCD3441-BB30-4A1E-8A76-5D908FF3DD11@gmail.com>
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> I'm trying to setup a FreeBSD VM in Virtualbox. The host OS is Mac OS X > 10.6.6. I'm already running Windows 7 64 bit with no problems. When you > setup a new VM, you get a first time startup scenario that asks you to > point to a file (iso usually) that contains the setup program for the OS. > Then, when you boot the machine, setup begins. > > That's not working for me. I've tried both the disc iso and the dvd iso > without success. I haven't tried it, but I assume that if I burned the iso > and popped it in a box that I would get the setup menu and be able to > install the OS. > > Is there some kind of trick required to get this working inside VB? Did you try 8.1-i386 ? I have failed to install 8.1-i386 under OSX VB. But 8.1-amd64 works fine for me. Regards, Hyogeol Leehelp
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