Unable to create virtual machines under FreeBSD's VirtualBox

[Rusty Nejdl]

I ran into something similar and found relief when I changed storage
controllers to IDE.  I do not know why this broke or why it worked but
it affected multiple OS's (linux, windows, etc) and the only VM that I
found working was an old one setup this way.  Changing my VM's to that
fixed it for me.  YMMV 

Sincerely,
Rusty Nejdl

On 2019-07-11 15:45, Manish Jain wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am on a box that was reinstalled 2 weeks back.
> 
> I earlier used to be able to create VirtualBox virtual machines. But now
> things are not so good. Now when I try to create a Windows 10 vm, the
> vdi gets created alright. But when I try to install Windows 10 on the
> vdi, the installer gets stuck at the stage just after "Copying files".
> 
> I think that stage is captioned "Getting files ready for installation".
> 
> The installation gets stuck at that stage at 41% or a lower value.
> 
> Is there something I am doing wrong ? I have 'vboxdrv_load=YES' in
> /boot/loader.conf and 'vboxnet_enable=YES' in /etc/rc.conf.
> 
> To be sure, this is a FreeBSD-specific issue. I booted into Linux where
> I was able to create the Windows 10 vm easily enough.
> 
> As for creating Linux vm's inside FreeBSD VirtualBox, that is another 
> sorry story.
> 
> The installer welcome screen cannot even ping the internet address 8.8.8.8
> 
> despite the fact that NAT is always enabled for my vm's.
> 
> Any help from you gentlemen to enable me create virtual machines under
> 
> FreeBSD's VirtualBox would be greatly appreciated.