From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 9 18:54:33 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 DCBE61065672 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2011 18:54:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alfredoj69@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gw0-f54.google.com (mail-gw0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93E268FC13 for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2011 18:54:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwj21 with SMTP id 21so226728gwj.13 for ; Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:54:31 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=OdEl2i7zdSKkBeZ/fMiWPF7U6jKIWyOL/DtrNaB9o5g=; b=FllpgG8TPs0/+cOlc2wUkq3N2yZBlnYKVO6IIJ6YisKOXOYC15YuNyZjuy3lCGB3C3 zfH/KpVk7HPhaAbb/UXfMXuBinTlmv4l6fVIMZC1R27yuYkLlmAGQyXGJvCRZz/LC6Hb LMbt8i5sf9j3cDTwecJnyuYZf7102b9Bj904g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=TXlOiBaIE/orUw+1/QlCV6wKQbtiZaNhxPXmoal6ja2tkqkkDHCqA0o2MtzGezETS/ 9Nv/UPXZMet9Qxa03ga292Z8opZSZNh/qaBCbsgdbD2YpEhllHaAFG09Mg3/vOXl6udq MY5G5+J8dOkfUfwSo/87R14YStoSZ6wN8/FaA= Received: by 10.150.195.19 with SMTP id s19mr2041565ybf.437.1297276350489; Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:32:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from gmail.com (CPEd85d4ca26f43-CM000a73660589.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.233.132.69]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id v8sm345799ybe.1.2011.02.09.10.32.28 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 09 Feb 2011 10:32:29 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 13:31:45 -0500 From: Alfredo Perez To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110209183143.GA9444@gmail.com> References: <4D51AA6A.60701@infracaninophile.co.uk> <5A3BAEFEABE81B9BF58FD509@utd71538.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5A3BAEFEABE81B9BF58FD509@utd71538.local> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.1 as a Virtualbox Guest OS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:54:33 -0000 Sorry for my question But if I am reading correclty, you can run Freebsd as host, install virtuabox and then run Mac OS X as guest? Thanks The Sauce On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 05:37:13PM -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"