Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2011 13:31:45 -0500 From: Alfredo Perez <alfredoj69@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.1 as a Virtualbox Guest OS Message-ID: <20110209183143.GA9444@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5A3BAEFEABE81B9BF58FD509@utd71538.local> References: <DAE0173E827B71DBF60602DC@utd71538.local> <4D51AA6A.60701@infracaninophile.co.uk> <5A3BAEFEABE81B9BF58FD509@utd71538.local>
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Sorry for my question But if I am reading correclty, you can run Freebsd as host, install virtuabox and then run Mac OS X as guest? Thanks The Sauce On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 05:37:13PM -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On February 8, 2011 8:41:14 PM +0000 Matthew Seaman > <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > > > On 08/02/2011 15:33, Paul Schmehl wrote: > >> I'm trying to setup a FreeBSD VM in Virtualbox. The host OS is Mac OS X > >> 10.6.6. I'm already running Windows 7 64 bit with no problems. When > >> you setup a new VM, you get a first time startup scenario that asks you > >> to point to a file (iso usually) that contains the setup program for the > >> OS. Then, when you boot the machine, setup begins. > > > > Works for me on much the same kit. As I recall, you need to play with > > the CPU etc. settings a bit to find some combination that will boot. > > Let's see... > > > > OS Type FreeBSD (64 bit) > > As much RAM as you want > > One CPU > > Enable PAE/NX > > VT-x/AMD-V Enabled > > Nested Paging Enabled > > Enable IO APIC > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > That was the critical piece. Once I did that the old familiar setup > routine came up. I'm installing now. Thanks for everyone's help. > > -- > Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst > As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions > are my own and not those of my employer. > ******************************************* > "It is as useless to argue with those who have > renounced the use of reason as to administer > medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson > "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very > intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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