FB 9.1 boot loader problem in VirtualBox

[Michael Powell]

Michael Powell wrote:

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> 
> The converse may be applicable as well, that Vbox has configurability to
> know a little something about the environment for the proposed guest. When
> creating a new VM, you can choose BSD in the Operating System drop-down
> and then choose FreeBSD or FreebSD-64. I've had no trouble installing the
> 9.1 Release disk1 CD into a Vbox VM (amd64 version). What I have not done
> is tried all the various partitioning schemes available under "Manual"
> config. Possibly one, such as Dos MBR or BSD disklabel which I have not
> tried, may be broken boot-loading wise. I only went straight down the GPT
> road.

Addendum:

Also, which I forgot and left out in my haste, I think I have seen most 
reports of people having trouble seems to have revolved around the "Auto" 
partitioning scheme choice in the new bsdinstaller. I avoided it and went 
straight to "Manual" as I prefer to do my own. IIRC the "Auto" provides one 
slice and one partition and throws everything in there. I still wish to have 
separate partitions for /, /usr, /var, etc, so I've also never tried the 
"Auto" scheme either. Maybe if this is the problem the OP may wish to try 
avoiding "Auto" and proceed directly to "Manual". Might rule something out.

-Mike