From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 1 00:54:21 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AFED106566B for ; Sat, 1 Oct 2011 00:54:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scf@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail.farley.org (mail.farley.org [IPv6:2001:470:1f07:14d3:2::11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 205C68FC19 for ; Sat, 1 Oct 2011 00:54:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thor.farley.org (HPooka@thor.farley.org [IPv6:2001:470:1f07:14d3:1::5]) by mail.farley.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p910sI8P086590; Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:54:19 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from scf@FreeBSD.org) Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:54:18 -0400 (EDT) From: "Sean C. Farley" To: Hub- FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <87FBE966-B70F-48F2-9771-796DA8D3032D@hub.org> <156697DC-0D33-46A8-A719-096EED0EE699@hub.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (BSF 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="56599777-476297738-1317430459=:5298" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on mail.farley.org Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: =?utf-8?q?Re=3A_VirtualBox=3A_64bit_FreeBSD_guest_on_64bit_FreeB?= =?utf-8?b?U0QgaG9zdCDigKYgIkxvbmcgTW9kZSI/?= X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:54:21 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --56599777-476297738-1317430459=:5298 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Fri, 30 Sep 2011, Hub- FreeBSD wrote: > 'k, I'm doing everything from the command line, and when I did the > createvm, and according to the docs > (https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#idp12400368), there eis > no option to set 64 vs 32bit … even the modifyvm section only seems to > have the --ostype option, and in this case, I had set it to > FreeBSD_64, based on what is displayed when you do a 'list ostypes', > as what should be for a 64bit environment … > > So, either something is broken, or I'm missing an argument / setting > here :( The only difference between a 32-bit and 64-bit VM according to the XML files generated is whether I/O APIC is enabled. You could create a VM then use modifyvm to enable the I/O APIC: VBoxManage modifyvm --ioapic on > On 2011-09-30, at 7:54 PM, Warren Block wrote: >> On Fri, 30 Sep 2011, Hub- FreeBSD wrote: >> >>> >>> 'k, I assumed that was what happened when I set "--ostype >>> FreeBSD_64" … I take it there is another switch I need to use? >> >> What I found with the GUI was that changing an existing VM to 64-bit >> did not work, it had to be created as 64-bit in the first place. Sean -- scf@FreeBSD.org --56599777-476297738-1317430459=:5298--