Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:00:23 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: Hyogeol Lee <hyogeollee@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.1 as a Virtualbox Guest OS Message-ID: <E8624AD675DFE7F052F87FB7@utd71538.local> In-Reply-To: <BFCD3441-BB30-4A1E-8A76-5D908FF3DD11@gmail.com> References: <BFCD3441-BB30-4A1E-8A76-5D908FF3DD11@gmail.com>
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--==========8379C5345CB76145CA0B========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline --On February 9, 2011 2:01:46 AM +0900 Hyogeol Lee <hyogeollee@gmail.com> 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. > > That's not working for me. I've tried both the disc iso and the dvd iso > without success. I haven't tried it, but I assume that if I burned the > iso > and popped it in a box that I would get the setup menu and be able to > install the OS. > > Is there some kind of trick required to get this working inside VB? > > > > > Did you try 8.1-i386 ? > > > I have failed to install 8.1-i386 under OSX VB. But 8.1-amd64 works fine > for me. > I tried amd since it's a 64 bit machine. I've attached a screenshot of the vm. It's hung at this point and will not go any further. -- 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 --==========8379C5345CB76145CA0B==========--
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