From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Dec 7 00:12:32 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83A637344 for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2015 00:12:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from welcome.to.eye.o.rama@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yk0-x230.google.com (mail-yk0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c07::230]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5DFC41A2D for ; Mon, 7 Dec 2015 00:12:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from welcome.to.eye.o.rama@gmail.com) Received: by ykdr82 with SMTP id r82so177509842ykd.3 for ; Sun, 06 Dec 2015 16:12:31 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:subject:date:message-id :to:mime-version; bh=RqV9ayMPUcxeXnjP86J/jdVd7pE9rxaZmLGNQ6Bllkk=; b=lXCeeNAdcEhWS72xiuq7ZMBdK5L5rZeF0DuH3ssvHcRRZQ4GuVbLr2XkSVuEPo6WC2 b27LExmrBy36Vj1K2IMJ2uAxtnBNd8B2eqMi3KPkU8xbMpHciqVUTmT3wJLwYyk6tdNF laZPu3JAAPpaEhS9eiSbk0BxgFdYorfhd3yIsUV1SXzhRv/F9avaBPkUgF/FXPgi6Cqr Ijf/7B2ccsTTOUDeTGQJ4T1KrQMmuHhgQsGzwa93Gbcd2Q96/lPsujAskzMGKhMnNaQx SN/4jvF+Soln7re7UTiIUR6LDuKVX6EH5u6yR5WWeSTtC1gBCrJckDLBCUAd5f4fc9ib jFdA== X-Received: by 10.13.196.197 with SMTP id g188mr20419316ywd.209.1449447151410; Sun, 06 Dec 2015 16:12:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?IPv6:2602:30a:2c86:1740:3615:9eff:fe1f:8316? ([2602:30a:2c86:1740:3615:9eff:fe1f:8316]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t123sm17062142ywg.51.2015.12.06.16.12.29 for (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 06 Dec 2015 16:12:30 -0800 (PST) From: John Aten Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Virtual Box VM fails to boot FreeBSD installer Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 18:12:28 -0600 Message-Id: To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2015 00:12:32 -0000 Hello everyone, Another virtualization problem: I tried installing FreeBSD 10.2 STABLE = for Amd64 into a Virtual Box (version 4.3.30 on Mac OSX 10.6.8), and ran = into trouble. I have had the same problem with both dvd and cd images. = The checksums matched, but neither image can boot the installer, giving = this message: /boot/kernel/kernel text=3D0xfc7f48 readin failed elf64_loadimage: read failed can't load file '/boot/kernel/kernel': input/output error Error while including /boot/menu.rc, in the line: menu-display / Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]... /boot/kernel/kernel text=3D0xfc7f48 readin failed elf64_loadimage: read failed can't load 'kernel' This is the message given by the CD image; I am pretty sure the DVD gave = the same errors, but I have since deleted the dvd image. I have looked = around online, and haven't been able to find anything on this. I have = tried different settings for the VM, and get the same thing.=20 Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, John=