From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 8 16:24:49 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BFA9106564A for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2011 16:24:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF72B8FC0A for ; Tue, 8 Feb 2011 16:24:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm16 with SMTP id 16so6557817fxm.13 for ; Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:24:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=yKVEQtO/lmnCH1owFj9RyZbQWBC8SJz+pk5C/Ji/rrE=; b=YbuhJkd7ZdVXxJANykYi8efrvOA7UVvUTBgs6zhMv4F9tDBX7T9U3oTZMl0X0gpHhR tovBPYMMu/dXTyNIu9D8FY/IjnFoqGO8IsuoRMvPLIbT1yVe5hPm7iBrWZ8MMb9ujaZ/ w0zwE+tuXm8DCZgo3AsqWGVSTs02zJrRl3xkk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=ZgP4QFpzjLteeUsYwtq35gC1sBqurq1/Q6Hpedxi6Q5tfxjCeLYRqgS8hnkNn6VQGd 8pHRxCuJ1FjMyHrv55tCxaOXZH7SNUwsmOHB056rswOJaLwBr2Rz5jPZWFNyRhtEUH59 6miME7lcS70ktZHALIwMb6zFNF1Ol219iHAi8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.85.204 with SMTP id p12mr1848552fal.146.1297182287564; Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:24:47 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.114.4 with HTTP; Tue, 8 Feb 2011 08:24:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 10:24:47 -0600 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Paul Schmehl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Questions List Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.1 as a Virtualbox Guest OS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:24:49 -0000 On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 9:33 AM, 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. > > 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? > What's the difference between a disk iso and a dvd iso? From the VM's settings page, chose storage. Make sure the virtual DVD drive has the correct iso. Start the VM. If you can't find the iso in the drop down list it means you have to add it to the storage manager. You could also put the disc in the drive and and tell the VM to use the drive. It's not anymore complicated than that really. If that doesn't work, I'd start looking at the disc and see if works. -- Adam Vande More