From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 6 12:52:03 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 767E292D for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2013 12:52:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 373FFEAF for ; Sun, 6 Jan 2013 12:52:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Trpi3-0006J6-OY for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:52:15 +0100 Received: from pool-173-79-84-117.washdc.fios.verizon.net ([173.79.84.117]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:52:15 +0100 Received: from nightrecon by pool-173-79-84-117.washdc.fios.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:52:15 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Powell Subject: Re: FB 9.1 boot loader problem in VirtualBox Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2013 07:51:41 -0500 Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <50E96474.4060609@FreeBSD.org> <50E96D6E.5050106@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-173-79-84-117.washdc.fios.verizon.net X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: nightrecon@hotmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2013 12:52:03 -0000 Michael Powell wrote: [snip] > > The converse may be applicable as well, that Vbox has configurability to > know a little something about the environment for the proposed guest. When > creating a new VM, you can choose BSD in the Operating System drop-down > and then choose FreeBSD or FreebSD-64. I've had no trouble installing the > 9.1 Release disk1 CD into a Vbox VM (amd64 version). What I have not done > is tried all the various partitioning schemes available under "Manual" > config. Possibly one, such as Dos MBR or BSD disklabel which I have not > tried, may be broken boot-loading wise. I only went straight down the GPT > road. Addendum: Also, which I forgot and left out in my haste, I think I have seen most reports of people having trouble seems to have revolved around the "Auto" partitioning scheme choice in the new bsdinstaller. I avoided it and went straight to "Manual" as I prefer to do my own. IIRC the "Auto" provides one slice and one partition and throws everything in there. I still wish to have separate partitions for /, /usr, /var, etc, so I've also never tried the "Auto" scheme either. Maybe if this is the problem the OP may wish to try avoiding "Auto" and proceed directly to "Manual". Might rule something out. -Mike