Re: virtualbox 4.0
On Thu, 21 Jul 2011, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 07:38:23AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: Recent versions of VirtualBox claim to be able to run a 64-bit VM on a 32-bit host if the host CPU is 64-bit and has hardware virtualization support: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?p=33940 (search for "64-bit guest") So far I've only seen guest kernel panics when booting the kernel on an E8400 i386 FreeBSD host. I was using VB in a set-up like that up until a few weeks ago. It works here now, too. Apparently there's a difference between creating a 64-bit guest from the start, and creating a 32-bit guest and changing it to 64-bit afterwards. Creating one that's 64-bit from the start works. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: virtualbox 4.0
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 07:38:23AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > Recent versions of VirtualBox claim to be able to run a 64-bit VM on a > 32-bit host if the host CPU is 64-bit and has hardware virtualization > support: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?p=33940 > (search for "64-bit guest") > So far I've only seen guest kernel panics when booting the kernel on an > E8400 i386 FreeBSD host. I was using VB in a set-up like that up until a few weeks ago. I worked well I have to say but I couldn't get a full screen and in the end I installed dual-boot instead. This was with Win7(32bit) as the host, FreeBSD(64bit) as guest. I didn't try FreeBSD as host because I read that it's lacking USB support for the moment. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: virtualbox 4.0
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Warren Block wrote: > Recent versions of VirtualBox claim to be able to run a 64-bit VM on a > 32-bit host if the host CPU is 64-bit and has hardware virtualization > support: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?p=33940 > (search for "64-bit guest") > > So far I've only seen guest kernel panics when booting the kernel on an > E8400 i386 FreeBSD host. That functionality has been around awhile, probably at least around the time Vbox was introduced to FreeBSD ports. I used to use 64 bit VM's on a 32 bit FreeBSD host, but the only stipulation was only one 64 bit VM could be run at a time. I didn't have any stability issues. This was in the early 3.X series and I haven't tried recently. -- Adam Vande More ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: virtualbox 4.0
On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 01:18:15PM +0200, Ross Cameron wrote: > > You have more than likely configured a 32bit virtual machine and not a 64bit > one. > Make that change to you're VM config and you will more than likely come > right. > > Is you're host operating system also 64bit? It has been about five months, so I may misremember, but I think I had a very similar problem earlier this year. I had a 64 bit Win7 system (on a 64 bit processor, naturally -- Intel Core i5). I installed VirtualBox and set it up for a 64 bit FreeBSD install, then tried to install 64 bit FreeBSD; I think it was 8.2, but I didn't keep careful notes that I can check now. It failed to work. I think I got a "doesn't support long mode" error, but again I am not 100% certain due to the passage of time and the fact I have not really thought about it in the interim. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] pgpHEzQa4ThEq.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: virtualbox 4.0
On Thu, 21 Jul 2011, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 21/07/2011 09:48, Minipot Gregg wrote: It installed fine but when I got to the boot menu and pressed [enter] x2 it said CPU doesnt support longmode This indicates trying to run an amd64 (64bit) kernel on an i386 (32bit) processor. That's a synthetic processor inside VirtualBox, so unlike the real world, it's quite cheap to switch from one to the other... If you go to Settings :: General for your VM, did you choose OS as 'BSD' and Version as 'FreeBSD 64' ? I'm assuming the host you're running VirtualBox on is 64bit capable... Recent versions of VirtualBox claim to be able to run a 64-bit VM on a 32-bit host if the host CPU is 64-bit and has hardware virtualization support: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?p=33940 (search for "64-bit guest") So far I've only seen guest kernel panics when booting the kernel on an E8400 i386 FreeBSD host. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: virtualbox 4.0
Hi there Gregg You have more than likely configured a 32bit virtual machine and not a 64bit one. Make that change to you're VM config and you will more than likely come right. Is you're host operating system also 64bit? Regards,... Ross Cameron eMail : ross.came...@unix.net Phone : +27 (0)79 491-9954 On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Minipot Gregg wrote: > I wanted to get freeBSD but I didn't wan't to dual boot so I used > virtualbox > 4.0 and downloaded the ISO of the freeBSD amd64 8.2. > It installed fine but when I got to the boot menu and pressed [enter] x2 it > said CPU doesnt support longmode and then come's up saying type '?' to show > comands, > or 'help' to show help. > when I typed either of these commands it says '?' not found or 'help' not > found whats wrong and what should I do? > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: virtualbox 4.0
On 21/07/2011 09:48, Minipot Gregg wrote: > It installed fine but when I got to the boot menu and pressed [enter] x2 it > said CPU doesnt support longmode This indicates trying to run an amd64 (64bit) kernel on an i386 (32bit) processor. That's a synthetic processor inside VirtualBox, so unlike the real world, it's quite cheap to switch from one to the other... If you go to Settings :: General for your VM, did you choose OS as 'BSD' and Version as 'FreeBSD 64' ? I'm assuming the host you're running VirtualBox on is 64bit capable... Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matt...@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
