Bug 276361 - 14.0-Release iso boot challenges on virtualbox
Summary: 14.0-Release iso boot challenges on virtualbox
Status: New
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: misc (show other bugs)
Version: 14.0-RELEASE
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Some People
Assignee: freebsd-virtualization (Nobody)
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Reported: 2024-01-16 01:07 UTC by dewayne
Modified: 2024-01-26 19:27 UTC (History)
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Description dewayne 2024-01-16 01:07:32 UTC 
Downloaded https://download.freebsd.org/releases/ISO-IMAGES/14.0/FreeBSD-14.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso and attempted to boot via virtualbox on Windows10.  

Without efi box checked, the boot process displays:
"FATAL: Cound not read from the boot medium! System halted"
or with the efi box checked, I'm unable to exit the startup.nsh loop.

Earlier I tried the i386-bootonly.iso on a VirtualBox i386, with the same result.

Notes: 
1. that I have 6 VM's running FBSD 12.4S on this desktop and 1 running 13.2S which I used to build 14.0-releng (I'm continuing to research different problems there).
2. Virtualbox is used for testing prior to installing on bare metal devices, but unlike https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=275326 we don't seem to get past loader stage (via the FreeBSD provided iso).  There must be information about talking to the iso boot media but...
Comment 1 Vladimir Druzenko freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2024-01-18 07:31:03 UTC 
Just tested:
1. Installation media
FreeBSD-14.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso
FreeBSD-14.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso
2. EFI and non-EFI.
3. VirtualBox 6.1.50 on host FreeBSD 13.2-p9 amd64.

All 4 options boot without errors.

P.S. I'm using virtual SAS controller.
Comment 2 Mark Johnston freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2024-01-26 19:24:54 UTC 
Can you provide some info about the system that you're running virtualbox on?  Perhaps there's some relevant difference.
Comment 3 Ed Maste freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2024-01-26 19:27:08 UTC 
I also tried installing FreeBSD 14 in VirtualBox on Windows and could not reproduce a problem, https://mastodon.social/@emaste/111296195313874246