Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:37:13 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.1 as a Virtualbox Guest OS Message-ID: <5A3BAEFEABE81B9BF58FD509@utd71538.local> In-Reply-To: <4D51AA6A.60701@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <DAE0173E827B71DBF60602DC@utd71538.local> <4D51AA6A.60701@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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--On February 8, 2011 8:41:14 PM +0000 Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > On 08/02/2011 15:33, Paul Schmehl wrote: >> I'm trying to setup a FreeBSD VM in Virtualbox. The host OS is Mac OS X >> 10.6.6. I'm already running Windows 7 64 bit with no problems. When >> you setup a new VM, you get a first time startup scenario that asks you >> to point to a file (iso usually) that contains the setup program for the >> OS. Then, when you boot the machine, setup begins. > > Works for me on much the same kit. As I recall, you need to play with > the CPU etc. settings a bit to find some combination that will boot. > Let's see... > > OS Type FreeBSD (64 bit) > As much RAM as you want > One CPU > Enable PAE/NX > VT-x/AMD-V Enabled > Nested Paging Enabled > Enable IO APIC ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That was the critical piece. Once I did that the old familiar setup routine came up. I'm installing now. Thanks for everyone's help. -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell
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