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VirtualBox 6.1.16 fails to boot FreeBSD 12.2 ISO in EFI mode

Posted: 5. Nov 2020, 14:39
by tom12454
VirtualBox 6.1.16 (from VirtualBox repository, under Ubuntu 20.04 LTS) fails to boot the FreeBSD 12.2 installer (https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/releas ... -disc1.iso). However, using the older VirtualBox 6.1.10-dfsg (as provided by the Ubuntu 20.04 repositories) succeeds. Also, booting the ISO in BIOS mode works with both versions of VirtualBox. It seems there has been a bug introduced with EFI boot in VirtualBox after 6.1.10.

The log output and the .vbox file are attached (GZip-compressed).

Re: VirtualBox 6.1.16 fails to boot FreeBSD 12.2 ISO in EFI mode

Posted: 20. Jan 2021, 12:50
by tom12454
The issue still occurs in VirtualBox 6.1.18.

Re: VirtualBox 6.1.16 fails to boot FreeBSD 12.2 ISO in EFI mode

Posted: 20. Jan 2021, 12:51
by tom12454