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Subject: Re: Help getting vbox .vdi imares to run under Freenas
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From: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>
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Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2017 12:01:50 -0500
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On 2017-01-08 10:18, Nils wrote:
> Hello, I'm fighting to get vbox vdi images to run under FreeNAS and
> don't know what else to try. I've filed and commented on these two bugs:
> https://github.com/pr1ntf/iohyve/issues/227
> https://github.com/pr1ntf/iohyve/issues/228
> 
> ...but I think the problem is not with bhyve itself or with iohyve, but
> either with grub-bhyve or ZFS.
> Running installation ISOs etc. works fine, but I need to get the VDIs
> going.,
> 
> Any pointers are welcome...
> Thanks
> Nils
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How are you converting the .VDI to a raw image? bhyve does not yet
support the .VDI format, only raw.

-- 
Allan Jude