Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2013 07:41:26 -0500 From: Michael Powell <nightrecon@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FB 9.1 boot loader problem in VirtualBox Message-ID: <kcbrdl$pc6$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <loom.20130106T005723-617@post.gmane.org> <loom.20130106T121300-657@post.gmane.org> <50E96474.4060609@FreeBSD.org> <loom.20130106T130339-525@post.gmane.org> <50E96D6E.5050106@FreeBSD.org>
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Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 06/01/2013 12:09, jb wrote: >> A general question: to what extent is FB Install aware of installation >> env (VB here) ? >> If so, would it make sense to sanitize it to avoid offering install >> options that are irrelevant/inappropriate ? > > This is FreeBSD. It doesn't hold your hand and wipe the drool off your > chin. You're assumed to know what you're doing, and to be able to > configure your systems appropriately. And when you do know, and can > configure things, then it doesn't get in your way. > > The installer doesn't know about all the various possible different > execution environments it might get used in. To do so would add a lot > of complexity for not very much gain to most users. Instead, it is > targeted at the most common installation scenario: direct installation > onto a PC with all the standard sort of capabilities. This should > produce a working system for the vast majority of use cases, but you may > need to go in and twiddle a few knobs and generally tune things up a bit > to get the very best results. > The converse may be applicable as well, that Vbox has configurability to know a little something about the environment for the proposed guest. When creating a new VM, you can choose BSD in the Operating System drop-down and then choose FreeBSD or FreebSD-64. I've had no trouble installing the 9.1 Release disk1 CD into a Vbox VM (amd64 version). What I have not done is tried all the various partitioning schemes available under "Manual" config. Possibly one, such as Dos MBR or BSD disklabel which I have not tried, may be broken boot-loading wise. I only went straight down the GPT road. -Mike
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