VirtualBox/kernel broken?

[Gary Jennejohn]

On Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:15:01 +0200
Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn at freenet.de> wrote:

> So, I have a problem with VirtualBox and can't say whether it's a problem
> with VirtualBox itself or something which has changed in the kernel.
> 
> I'm running FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT Wed Sep 16 11:40:19 CEST 2009 amd64.
> 
> I installed both the port and the latest stuff from svn.
> 
> The problem is with an installation of Windows 7 RC which was working
> fine with an older version of the port (can't say from when, though)
> AND of the kernel.
> 
> Today I decided to try the latest version of VirtualBox and the W7RC
> fails upon booting with an internal VirtualBox error.
> 
> Strangely enough, if I start W7RC in repair mode it happily runs to
> completion, but then the boot fails with the above mentioned error.
> 
> Booting from the ISO also fails.
> 
> I have all kinds of log files from VirtualBox which I can't parse.
> 
> Interestingly enough, the two Linux installations, which are from
> about the same time as the W7RC installation, still run flawlessly.
> 
> Has anyone else seen any strangeness with the newer versions of VirtualBox
> and a fairly recent 9.0-CURRENT?
> 

Since I never got any response to this, I'll relate what I've found out.

If I turn off acceleration in Settings->System->Acceleration W7RC runs,
although it's very slow.

Something broke somewhere, but I can't say whether in VirtualBox or the
kernel.

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Gary Jennejohn