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FreeBSD 7.2 i386 under VPC 7

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 07/26/2009
From: Josh <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Hello All --

I am running Windows 7 RC 1 (release 7100) and have been running the
XP virtual machine that came with it successfully, along with creating
several other Linux VMs for Ubuntu, etc.

I want to run FreeBSD in a VM under Virtual PC, and downloaded the
torrents for it. I've configured the 7.2-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso image
to be the boot disc in VPC.

When FreeBSD boots in the VM, it hangs at the following error message
and never goes anywhere (I've left it for a few hours just to see if
anything happens):

md0: Preloaded image </boot/mfsroot> 4423680 bytes at 0xc0dfab28
GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider md0 is ufsid/49fab23737484d9.

I know from reading other posts in this newsgroup that I could use
Sun's Virtualbox, but installing VM software tends to put a lot of
extra device-driver level and registry-related stuff on the system
that an uninstall never really gets rid of. I also rely on VPC in XP
mode to run some legacy apps (e.g. Oracle JInitiator) that are not
supported on Windows 7.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Josh

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Re: FreeBSD 7.2 i386 under VPC 7

Sent: 07/26/2009
From: ohaya <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Josh wrote:

Hi,

I haven't tried FreeBSD, but when you boot the DVD/ISO image, is there a
boot menu with options? On the default boot item, is there a default
option that's something like "quiet"? If so, maybe delete that option
and try booting, and see if it gives you more info about where it's hanging?

Jim

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> Hello All --
>
> I am running Windows 7 RC 1 (release 7100) and have been running the
> XP virtual machine that came with it successfully, along with creating
> several other Linux VMs for Ubuntu, etc.
>
> I want to run FreeBSD in a VM under Virtual PC, and downloaded the
> torrents for it. I've configured the 7.2-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso image
> to be the boot disc in VPC.
>
> When FreeBSD boots in the VM, it hangs at the following error message
> and never goes anywhere (I've left it for a few hours just to see if
> anything happens):
>
> md0: Preloaded image </boot/mfsroot> 4423680 bytes at 0xc0dfab28
> GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider md0 is ufsid/49fab23737484d9.
>
> I know from reading other posts in this newsgroup that I could use
> Sun's Virtualbox, but installing VM software tends to put a lot of
> extra device-driver level and registry-related stuff on the system
> that an uninstall never really gets rid of. I also rely on VPC in XP
> mode to run some legacy apps (e.g. Oracle JInitiator) that are not
> supported on Windows 7.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh

Re: FreeBSD 7.2 i386 under VPC 7

Sent: 07/26/2009
From: Josh <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

There is a FreeBSD boot menu; it allows you to launch several the
installer in different ways, including 1) default, 2) with ACPI
disabled, 3) Safe mode, 4) single user mode, 5) extended logging mode.

1) produces the results above.
2) crashes with "Fatal trap 9: general protection fault while in
kernel mode". I believe this is a known issue with ACPI on FreeBSD, at
least that is what I gathered from the FreeBSD forums.
3) crashes like #2
4) same as #1
5) same as #1 with nothing really interesting in the logs...

Thanks,

Josh

Re: FreeBSD 7.2 i386 under VPC 7

Sent: 07/28/2009
From: ohaya <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Josh wrote:

Hi,

When you boot the VPC guest, if you hold down the Del key, you'll get a
BIOS menu (kind of like a real machine). There's a power setting there
that is Enabled by default. Maybe try setting that to Disabled, save
the BIOS settings, then try with your #2 boot option (with ACPI disabled)?

I think I had to do that for an older version of Fedora (not sure)...

The downside of this, if it works, is since power management is disabled
in the guest BIOS, when you shutdown the OS, you'll have to turn off the
guest, rather than the OS shutting the guest down automatically.

Jim

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> There is a FreeBSD boot menu; it allows you to launch several the
> installer in different ways, including 1) default, 2) with ACPI
> disabled, 3) Safe mode, 4) single user mode, 5) extended logging mode.
>
> 1) produces the results above.
> 2) crashes with "Fatal trap 9: general protection fault while in
> kernel mode". I believe this is a known issue with ACPI on FreeBSD, at
> least that is what I gathered from the FreeBSD forums.
> 3) crashes like #2
> 4) same as #1
> 5) same as #1 with nothing really interesting in the logs...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh

Re: FreeBSD 7.2 i386 under VPC 7

Sent: 08/20/2009
From: "Benjamin Armstrong [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

I just tried this with the RC release of Windows Virtual PC and it
worked fine.

Cheers,
Benjamin Armstrong
===========================
Senior Program Manager Lead
Windows Virtualization

Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/Virtual_PC_Guy
Book: http://tinyurl.com/ysxcbm

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights. You assume all risk for your use.

Josh wrote:

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Re: FreeBSD 7.2 i386 under VPC 7

Sent: 08/24/2009
From: Van Chocstraw <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Josh wrote:

I have found MS VPC to be a pain in the butt with 'nix' distros.

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