From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 8 23:37:16 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 4D2761065670 for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2011 23:37:16 +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 1CA318FC1D for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2011 23:37:15 +0000 (UTC) X-Group: None X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AjwKADxiUU2BbgogSmdsb2JhbAClTQEBIAIgvTSFWgSEew X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.60,444,1291615200"; d="scan'208";a="50264560" 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 17:37:13 -0600 Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:37:13 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl To: Matthew Seaman Message-ID: <5A3BAEFEABE81B9BF58FD509@utd71538.local> In-Reply-To: <4D51AA6A.60701@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <4D51AA6A.60701@infracaninophile.co.uk> 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 23:37:16 -0000 --On February 8, 2011 8:41:14 PM +0000 Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 08/02/2011 15:33, 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. > > Works for me on much the same kit. As I recall, you need to play with > the CPU etc. settings a bit to find some combination that will boot. > Let's see... > > OS Type FreeBSD (64 bit) > As much RAM as you want > One CPU > Enable PAE/NX > VT-x/AMD-V Enabled > Nested Paging Enabled > Enable IO APIC ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That was the critical piece. Once I did that the old familiar setup routine came up. I'm installing now. Thanks for everyone's help. -- 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