From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 6 16:37:22 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 D17D8106566C for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2011 16:37:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from e.schuele@computer.org) Received: from p3plsmtpa01-03.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (p3plsmtpa01-03.prod.phx3.secureserver.net [72.167.82.83]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A90708FC0A for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2011 16:37:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 14690 invoked from network); 6 Feb 2011 16:10:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (71.164.218.188) by p3plsmtpa01-03.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (72.167.82.83) with ESMTP; 06 Feb 2011 16:10:39 -0000 Message-ID: <4D4EC7CB.7010200@computer.org> Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2011 10:09:47 -0600 From: Eric Schuele User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090904) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mario Lobo References: <4D4DF58D.2040506@computer.org> <201102061223.09545.lobo@bsd.com.br> In-Reply-To: <201102061223.09545.lobo@bsd.com.br> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 OpenPGP: url=http://www.ravenlock.us/keys/pub_schuele.pgp Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigEFBB3C90591F7BC4A4D13B49" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.2 prerelease, virtualbox, and windows guests that freeze... 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: Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:37:22 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigEFBB3C90591F7BC4A4D13B49 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 02/06/2011 09:23, Mario Lobo wrote: > On Saturday 05 February 2011 22:12:45 Eric Schuele wrote: >=20 >> All, >=20 >> >=20 >> I have a laptop running 8.2-prerelease GENERIC. I have virtualbox ose >=20 >> 3.2.12 from ports (and kmod as well). >=20 >> >=20 >> I've only installed windows guests in vbox. I've installed windows 200= 8 >=20 >> server 64, windows vista 64bit, and windows 7 32bit. I have the vbox >=20 >> hdd images on an NTFS filesystem mounted using fuse. >=20 >=20 > Eric; >=20 > My advice to you is that you change the file system on drive that holds= > the VMs files from NTFS to EXT2. Thanks for the suggestion, however, I've already tried this (sorta). =46rom my original post... > >> I did try a windows guest on a non fuse filesystem just to rule that >> out, but had same issue. > I suppose it may have been a little less than clear. By "non fuse filesystem" I actually meant UFS. The problem still persisted. >=20 > NTFS file systems on FreeBSD or even Linux are OK only for doing small > r/w stuff. I use the ntfs-3g which is really good but don't trust NTFS > for heavy usage under those OSs. Sometimes it's not even trustable unde= r > windows itself. I realize NTFS on fBSD has been shaky in the past, but had heard it had come a long way these days. It does seem to work well for all my purposes, except these VMs. Had hoped NTFS was not the issue. >=20 > EXT on the other hand, is very stable in FreeBSD and has very good > drivers for any version of 32/64 windows (Ext2IFS_1_11a) so you can > access you vdi files. I've not tried the EXT IFS for windows yet, nor had I heard much regarding their success or failure. If your willing to go out on a limb and say "very good drivers for any version of 32/64 windows"... I'll give it a try, and post my results. :) Thanks. >=20 > hope this helps. >=20 > --=20 >=20 > Mario Lobo >=20 > http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br >=20 > FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99% winblows FREE) >=20 --=20 Regards, Eric --------------enigEFBB3C90591F7BC4A4D13B49 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk1Ox8sACgkQngSDRM3IXUq/gACgh/g4QrwWbunCWpPKBOabYav0 5iIAoK6obknsOt+fcc2g1vCKY9XvoCKg =3GrC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigEFBB3C90591F7BC4A4D13B49--