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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>
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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.
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