Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 09:51:48 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Bernhard_Fr=F6hlich?= <decke@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: VBox guest additions Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211080946090.52658@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CAE-m3X2khAoj99BAyoBFJDsovtbKp%2BBAM8KMe-uaqQTqomEnUg@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211071731110.45117@wonkity.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211072052520.46925@wonkity.com> <CAE-m3X2khAoj99BAyoBFJDsovtbKp%2BBAM8KMe-uaqQTqomEnUg@mail.gmail.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --3512871622-1548611462-1352393508=:52658 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Thu, 8 Nov 2012, Bernhard Fröhlich wrote: > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: >> On Wed, 7 Nov 2012, Warren Block wrote: >> >>> What is the current procedure for installing guest additions on >>> non-FreeBSD guests? With a FreeBSD host and XP guest, the guest exits >>> instantly when Devices/Install Guest Additions/Yes is chosen. But the >>> downloadable guest additions from virtualbox.org aren't ISO format any more. >>> >>> This is VirtualBox 4.1.22 on amd64. >> >> >> Manually downloading the guest additions ISO and mounting it worked. Odd, >> though. > > Best way is to enable "Guest Additions" option in emulators/virtualbox-ose which > downloads the ISO and installs it on your host. Then you should be able to > use that menu option. If it crashes the guest then I'd like to have the VBox.log > which should give a hint why and where it crashed. That worked fine. --3512871622-1548611462-1352393508=:52658--
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