Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:13:20 -0700 From: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@mittelstaedt.us> To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Panic with FreeBSD Guest in FreeBSD VirtualBox host Message-ID: <4C0F22F0.8070401@mittelstaedt.us> In-Reply-To: <28823754.post@talk.nabble.com> References: <28823754.post@talk.nabble.com>
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On 6/8/2010 3:14 PM, Hubert Tournier wrote: > > Hello, > > I noticed that FreeBSD guests (either i386 or amd64, release 7.x or 8.x, > even freshly installed from the install CD) running in VirtualBox (3.1.4 to > 3.2.2) on FreeBSD hosts (only tested on 8.0pX amd64, but on 4 machines with > different hardware) panic during the boot sequence, just after the "Starting > cron" message, and enter an endless loop of reboots: > > http://old.nabble.com/file/p28823754/panic1.png > > The same VMs work fine on VirtualBox (any version) on a Windows XP guest, > and used to work on VirtualBox 3.1.2 on a FreeBSD host. > > I can boot a blank VM with the FreeBSD install CD and proceed with > installation, but the problem occurs during the first reboot of the > installed system. > > I've no troubles with VM guests using Linuxes (CentOS, Ubuntu, Red Hat) or > Windows (XP, 2008). > are these all 32 bit systems? > With some additional debug messages, i've seen that the problem happens in > /etc/rc.d/mixer: > > http://old.nabble.com/file/p28823754/panic2.png > > So, i put a mixer_enable="NO" in /etc/rc.conf and was able to complete the > boot sequence. > > Unfortunately, a few commands later, even doing a simple "ls", the VM panics > again. > > I tried with a generic kernel instead of a custom one, and an unmodified > VirtualBox port, but got the same results. > > Any idea? Are there other people encountering this? > > Best regards, > > Hubert > > PS: if needed, i can provide root access to an Internet server where the > problem happens, to the vbox team. > PPS: i haven't filed a PR for this, but can do if wanted. I have FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE guest running under VirtualBox 3.1.6-OSE on FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE i386 32 bit (built from the April 27th cvs) on a dual Xeon 2.0Ghz (total of 4 cores in the system) running on an Intel Server motherboard. This uses a dual set of Seagate 250GB PATA disks running on a FreeBSD ata software RAID. The 5.5 guest runs a billing software called billmax. Besides Vbox this server runs apache2, mysql5, mod perl, mod ssl, vnc server, xrdp, the latest X, python, php4, icradius, HaCi and netdot, plus a couple hundred other dependent programs that support all of that. And I'm even looking to load more crap on it. Never had a single problem with it. I love it, it's my favorite server. And I even have a copy of rogue running on it. Ted
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