Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2017 19:47:59 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: swallace@bsd-vbox1q.sdwmail.homeunix.org Cc: "freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org" <emulation@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Virtualbox virtual disk hang Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK2qQtZu2zfkb0C2YSmStds-%2BiDRcDg-qLQAR=5-ZjAgQg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1577436.n9UUmFPSP2@sdw.swallace.org> References: <1577436.n9UUmFPSP2@sdw.swallace.org>
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On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 7:02 PM, Steven Wallace < swallace@bsd-vbox1q.sdwmail.homeunix.org> wrote: > Ever since I have upgraded to FreeBSD 11.1 early this year, VirtualBox's > virtual disks will hang randomly. I have to SATA emulated devices which > are > configured as FLAT devices to /dev/sd#x on two separate physical drives. > > I have upgraded Virtualbox consistently, even recently compiling the new > 5.2.0 > version. > > The virtualbox's disk icon will stay constant green (or sometimes red). I > usually use Windows 7 guest. Sometimes after 30 minutes Windows 7 will > continue as if it could not read the drive. Other times it will give a > blue > screen of death. > > It may work fine for a month, then consistently hang within a few minutes > of > use in Windows 7. > > If anyone has a clue as to what may be the source of the problem please > chime > in. > If the guest is showing a lot of IO, then you should use the guest's OS to determine what is causing it. If you're using guest additions, make sure the version's match. -- Adam
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