[vbox-dev] Limitations of VirtualBox 4.3.16_ose on FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE

[Frank Mehnert]

Hi,

On Monday 02 November 2015 17:17:13 rondzierwa at comcast.net wrote:
> I am trying to build a ubuntu14.04 guest on FreeBSD 10.1 using Vbox
> 4.3.16_OSE. It seems that it will not boot reliably if I allocate more than
> 2 cpu's. When I set the cpu count to 4, sometimes it does not start at all,
> but freezes during boot (the ubuntu screen with the rotating dots). I have
> booted it with 2 processors, and installed vbox tools, but still, when I
> increase the number of cpu's past 2 it will not boot.

sorry if I have no specific idea but 4.3.16 is quite old. Please
upgrade at least on 4.3.32 (not sure if 5.0.8 builds on FreeBSD).

Kind regards,

Frank
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