From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 8 18:08:23 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 7F051106564A for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2011 18:08:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prvs=013b53469=pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com) Received: from ip-002.utdallas.edu (ip-002.utdallas.edu [129.110.20.108]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C66F8FC14 for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2011 18:08:22 +0000 (UTC) X-Group: None X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApQKAOQUUU2BbgogSmdsb2JhbAClPgEBGgYCILxihVoEhHuNJA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.60,442,1291615200"; d="scan'208";a="50241855" Received: from zxtm01.utdallas.edu (HELO [129.110.200.11]) ([129.110.10.32]) by ip-002.utdallas.edu with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 08 Feb 2011 12:08:21 -0600 Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:08:18 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl To: Adam Vande More Message-ID: <4931EE20DDBCC766297B3578@utd71538.local> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: FreeBSD Questions List 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 18:08:23 -0000 --On February 8, 2011 10:24:47 AM -0600 Adam Vande More wrote: > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Paul Schmehl > 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? >> > > What's the difference between a disk iso and a dvd iso? My assumption is that the former is in CD format and the latter is in DVD format. I wouldn't think a vm would care either way. It should be able to read both. > From the VM's > settings page, chose storage. Make sure the virtual DVD drive has the > correct iso. Start the VM. If you can't find the iso in the drop down > list it means you have to add it to the storage manager. You could also > put the disc in the drive and and tell the VM to use the drive. > The iso was listed as secondary IDE, so I made it primary. No difference. I then tried booting with ACPI disabled due to the errors I was seeing, but that made no difference either. The system is booting, but when it gets to md0: Preloaded image 4194304 bytes at 0xffffffff80e6aa98 it stops and goes no further. > It's not anymore complicated than that really. If that doesn't work, I'd > start looking at the disc and see if works. I'm not using a disc. I'm using an iso file. -- 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