From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 28 13:17:53 2008 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 DBDE91065692 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:17:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonathan@kc8onw.net) Received: from vps.kc8onw.net (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:1f06:71d::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B69A68FC08 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:17:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonathan@kc8onw.net) Received: from [10.67.148.31] (unknown [208.79.15.100]) by vps.kc8onw.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BABBD17024 for ; Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:26:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <48DF83E7.10805@kc8onw.net> Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:17:27 +0300 From: Jonathan User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org References: <48DE3D43.8060606@kc8onw.net> <20080928144912.7566907a@baby-jane-lamaiziere-net.local> In-Reply-To: <20080928144912.7566907a@baby-jane-lamaiziere-net.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Virtualbox 2.0.2 and FreeBSD 7 x64 guest install crashes 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: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:17:53 -0000 Patrick Lamaizière wrote: > Le Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:03:47 +0300, > Jonathan a écrit : > >> Has anyone had any success with Virtualbox 2.0.2 and a FreeBSD 7 x64 >> guest? I've tried pretty much every available option combination but >> it consistently crashes on boot right after the loader prompt. The >> md5 for the ISO is correct. >> >> I'm definitely willing to put some time towards debugging it but I'm >> not sure where to start. The Virtualbox IRC dev channel told me to >> ask the FreeBSD project but since Virtualbox itself crashes I would >> think I would have to start on their side... I'd like to start >> somewhere. It would be great to have a 32 bit and a 64 bit VM for >> testing purposes. > > There is a know bug with FreeBSD as > guest, see http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/458 > > I don't know if this is fixed. > > I was able to test FreeBSD 7/i386 on MacOS X but it always crashes on > sigreturn at some point. With 1.6.2 I was able to work around this by enabling hardware virtualization support but with Virtualbox 2.0.2 it crashes on startup now. It seems Virtualbox doesn't like something about Freebsd's boot loader on i386 or amd64. Jonathan