From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 8 18:00:35 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB5571065673 for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2011 18:00:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=013b53469=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from ip-001.utdallas.edu (ip-001.utdallas.edu [129.110.20.107]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE67A8FC19 for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2011 18:00:34 +0000 (UTC) X-Group: None X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApQKAOcTUU2BbgogSmdsb2JhbAClPgEBGgYCILxWhVoEhHuNJA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.60,442,1291615200"; d="tiff'149?scan'149,208,149";a="53551096" Received: from zxtm01.utdallas.edu (HELO [129.110.200.11]) ([129.110.10.32]) by ip-001.utdallas.edu with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 08 Feb 2011 12:00:24 -0600 Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:00:23 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl To: Hyogeol Lee , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="==========8379C5345CB76145CA0B==========" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.1 as a Virtualbox Guest OS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Paul Schmehl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:00:36 -0000 --==========8379C5345CB76145CA0B========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline --On February 9, 2011 2:01:46 AM +0900 Hyogeol Lee wrote: > > > 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. > I tried amd since it's a 64 bit machine. I've attached a screenshot of the vm. It's hung at this point and will not go any further. -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell --==========8379C5345CB76145CA0B==========--