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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] PC-BSD in VBox?

On Thu, Dec 09, 2010 at 02:01:41PM -0500, Eric Brackenbury wrote:
> Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:26:11 -0500
> From: George Standish <george [ dot ] standish [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com>
> Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] PC-BSD in VBox?
> To: linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca
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> I picked up one of Dru's PC-BSD DVDs from the meeting the other night
> and tried installing it in VBox.
> 
> The CD/DVD boots, but does not start the install.  Has anyone had any
> success with this?

The one machine I wanted to try it on would not even boot from the disk.
I needed to get work done on the rest.

> I got an AMD64 disc, but have and AMD64 CPU which supports CPU
> virtualization and have successfully installed 64bit OSes previously in
> VBox.
> 
> 
> Hi George
> 
> Are you using Oracle VM Virtual Box
> 
> If so i will give it a go and see what happens and let you know.
> Eric Brackenbury

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