From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 24 21:44:08 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 8493E106566C for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:44:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from c.kworr@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 087558FC12 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:44:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so4140642bwz.13 for ; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:44:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=fOx4j2JtEqVv2/q/G5gdkeOc9vkcLAgEJkoHgKJZZNQ=; b=xVBg+/chenY/YWt+InhJBxYQmNmD8oyg+/Q/Ds9AIIt1UunLU+pxbrWEeSCsMvLvsB MOxQByXDQyMJR3GoClA/47jzXxE5zn4pILuR0Fh7LclDQBGyKc2y+qs+AL/uArRBxE4T 1okNtYMFQ1dNRL2JuFkoOf5KRhOM1SOhLotj8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=SjhyITEqtjdj5aF34jALu4u8HUXdxX8mNQTyCloHXw20H5M8aY/VkW+c654bTJMd2i BpTTR7Wl/+ZRuQejDB/CZq3l9nM/zwWVaVMv78TadZzaOPtr3dZu6giPTVXgAdV8NVVI 99Yg5K/33xfUGM7RJFwUbiwcpfYRb98zbwhPg= Received: by 10.204.104.15 with SMTP id m15mr4283245bko.108.1295905444757; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:44:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from limbo.lan ([193.33.173.33]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id v25sm6417855bkt.6.2011.01.24.13.44.02 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:44:03 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4D3DF2A1.8030403@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:44:01 +0200 From: Volodymyr Kostyrko User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; uk-UA; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20110119 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Arthur Chance References: <4D3D7D0D.6090700@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <4D3D7D0D.6090700@qeng-ho.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD-Questions Subject: Re: Virtualbox - no /dev/acd0 in VM even if it's booting from CD 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: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:44:08 -0000 24.01.2011 15:22, Arthur Chance wrote: > I just upgraded to virtualbox-ose-3.2.12 (ditto the vbox kmod port), and > then tried to install a new VM. It booted from the CD fine but > sysinstall reported that it couldn't find a CD drive to install from. > Booting another VM that already existed showed the same problem - > /dev/ad0 exists but /dev/acd0 doesn't and there's no sign of it during > the device detection part of the boot. > > Anyone else seeing this problem? > > Details: > > The host machine is amd64, running 8.1-RELEASE-p2 GENERIC. > > The new VM is booting FreeBSD-8.1-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso > > The old VM is running i386 8.1-RELEASE-p1 GENERIC, and can't see > /dev/acd0 regardless of whether or not an ISO is attached to it. VBoxManage showvminfo machine | grep Storage Most likely you are using ICH6 based IE controller. Try switching to PIIX4. -- Sphinx of black quartz judge my vow.