Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:44:01 +0200 From: Volodymyr Kostyrko <c.kworr@gmail.com> To: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Virtualbox - no /dev/acd0 in VM even if it's booting from CD Message-ID: <4D3DF2A1.8030403@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D3D7D0D.6090700@qeng-ho.org> References: <4D3D7D0D.6090700@qeng-ho.org>
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24.01.2011 15:22, Arthur Chance wrote: > I just upgraded to virtualbox-ose-3.2.12 (ditto the vbox kmod port), and > then tried to install a new VM. It booted from the CD fine but > sysinstall reported that it couldn't find a CD drive to install from. > Booting another VM that already existed showed the same problem - > /dev/ad0 exists but /dev/acd0 doesn't and there's no sign of it during > the device detection part of the boot. > > Anyone else seeing this problem? > > Details: > > The host machine is amd64, running 8.1-RELEASE-p2 GENERIC. > > The new VM is booting FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso > > The old VM is running i386 8.1-RELEASE-p1 GENERIC, and can't see > /dev/acd0 regardless of whether or not an ISO is attached to it. VBoxManage showvminfo machine | grep Storage Most likely you are using ICH6 based IE controller. Try switching to PIIX4. -- Sphinx of black quartz judge my vow.
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