Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:54:18 -0400 (EDT) From: "Sean C. Farley" <scf@FreeBSD.org> To: Hub- FreeBSD <freebsd@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: =?utf-8?q?Re=3A_VirtualBox=3A_64bit_FreeBSD_guest_on_64bit_FreeB?= =?utf-8?b?U0QgaG9zdCDigKYgIkxvbmcgTW9kZSI/?= Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.02.1109302049070.5298@thor.farley.org> In-Reply-To: <BF8A9711-EC9C-4C41-B500-9FACD59041D7@hub.org> References: <FF4A7997-77DA-4B74-926B-18A8462C768C@hub.org> <87FBE966-B70F-48F2-9771-796DA8D3032D@hub.org> <CA%2BtpaK3BzYAQZxJCi3vAc1NidQ7AkANyHHeo-rt5bxsBQo5%2Btw@mail.gmail.com> <156697DC-0D33-46A8-A719-096EED0EE699@hub.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1109301749070.32221@wonkity.com> <BF8A9711-EC9C-4C41-B500-9FACD59041D7@hub.org>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --56599777-476297738-1317430459=:5298 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Fri, 30 Sep 2011, Hub- FreeBSD wrote: > 'k, I'm doing everything from the command line, and when I did the > createvm, and according to the docs > (https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#idp12400368), there eis > no option to set 64 vs 32bit … even the modifyvm section only seems to > have the --ostype option, and in this case, I had set it to > FreeBSD_64, based on what is displayed when you do a 'list ostypes', > as what should be for a 64bit environment … > > So, either something is broken, or I'm missing an argument / setting > here :( The only difference between a 32-bit and 64-bit VM according to the XML files generated is whether I/O APIC is enabled. You could create a VM then use modifyvm to enable the I/O APIC: VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid|name> --ioapic on > On 2011-09-30, at 7:54 PM, Warren Block wrote: >> On Fri, 30 Sep 2011, Hub- FreeBSD wrote: >> >>> >>> 'k, I assumed that was what happened when I set "--ostype >>> FreeBSD_64" … I take it there is another switch I need to use? >> >> What I found with the GUI was that changing an existing VM to 64-bit >> did not work, it had to be created as 64-bit in the first place. Sean -- scf@FreeBSD.org --56599777-476297738-1317430459=:5298--
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