From owner-freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Mon Nov 20 01:48:01 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20497DDD1AF for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2017 01:48:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F071B6B1E4 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2017 01:48:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id ECA97DDD1AE; Mon, 20 Nov 2017 01:48:00 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: emulation@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC331DDD1AD for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2017 01:48:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-x233.google.com (mail-it0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BCA746B1E3 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2017 01:48:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-x233.google.com with SMTP id m191so10187346itg.2 for ; Sun, 19 Nov 2017 17:48:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=YSRPKNvc2RGqu8K+mmMbmfmn0oZRAT6W/KkW1B88TNw=; b=onznw0LLkVz8MhsCpk+mcB6RVxIx0Ndhw+GpCTSKkRsZcTzMx7IyR8koqppbLt8Yyr TlE14XK7SANs2qIPX+9ROr5pQdvFervg471CPZY0GoPIGeN2phuz6X9xKr+v0mwt+lfV Kqp2XZrxvWmZVPCxFSCP4Ao/qJcgc762Gn0oSXX4ousFGALoQOO6xkMdc6o4N8sDCYRh 1JgDpHult/W9bshwGxZEMot4Il2f7Z9cQMqQKI5sltotuO4VMcWeyuWzO6Yyxm2IyMaR o8x7tMpaojBS/c9s8UxDiGK+kpC+QRV/qYumL1tR4yrQaWvm/l79shPKXHwitc0NqEQN jbcg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=YSRPKNvc2RGqu8K+mmMbmfmn0oZRAT6W/KkW1B88TNw=; b=aA3bMaehbOieqHYihGWPxte+zmyQiVS1II9POyWkg44+NIdMIDQ8Wrz1oClCShLr50 Zp+67PUPHgbhumT4jT5vlJqdthN2w9IEIULCFpPHvDEVPlwUReNO1ptuNRafvBonvHlY cFvPxlwOwPXyTGaamUOaMsb7qH+z1JcdQDhd77LLx/cpII7GWuqhSG0faZtTHhdSLKAi Y9OwBmHTHkBZGRwBuHIQyFMyXrhO36r9ZlvD/s0+wglKROnMOt4vUXbLLAdMbReJ00Of XUUqNuphoPOC4i8kO8JBe5CMSNZVJykUQP6jH6h9YOs0hOuNfPBeZ9TKn2KG3q4mkE7A zYow== X-Gm-Message-State: AJaThX6eLaFOJ1NEXFtlYUvYDyKB9gscca3KxDu+prKDM3iS9mZmNPQz fuMSt5EL0dlBQtmr0AZu3cAfWx4w3rfNMnHllzo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMaZVrI+NCqy4ljz5l81CYEL7tlfWh1eNNP+HMu+xEYaUqRpG7i0fsFkImOkHTsP6S4njDKc8YjX2YiZFr6y/B4= X-Received: by 10.36.50.11 with SMTP id j11mr16985575ita.153.1511142479840; Sun, 19 Nov 2017 17:47:59 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.2.138.114 with HTTP; Sun, 19 Nov 2017 17:47:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1577436.n9UUmFPSP2@sdw.swallace.org> References: <1577436.n9UUmFPSP2@sdw.swallace.org> From: Adam Vande More Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2017 19:47:59 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Virtualbox virtual disk hang To: swallace@bsd-vbox1q.sdwmail.homeunix.org Cc: "freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 01:48:01 -0000 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