Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2013 14:00:28 +0100 From: Bas Smeelen <b.smeelen@ose.nl> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FB 9.1 boot loader problem in VirtualBox Message-ID: <50E9756C.7040003@ose.nl> In-Reply-To: <kcbs0r$u56$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <loom.20130106T005723-617@post.gmane.org> <loom.20130106T121300-657@post.gmane.org> <50E96474.4060609@FreeBSD.org> <loom.20130106T130339-525@post.gmane.org> <50E96D6E.5050106@FreeBSD.org> <kcbrdl$pc6$1@ger.gmane.org> <kcbs0r$u56$1@ger.gmane.org>
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On 01/06/2013 01:51 PM, Michael Powell wrote: > 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 > > Auto configures your system with three gpt partitions freebsd-boot where the bootstrap code is installed freebsd-ufs which is the / partition freebsd-swap for swap obviously There are no slices involved in the default installation.
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