On 05/02/2014 17:47, Espen Johansen wrote:
Might be that serial redirection makes it show nothing.
Yes, the serial port was the problem - thank you!
The production physical box (which this XML was pulled from) *was*
configured to use a serial port, but the boot loader hangs if it can't
find one inside the VM.
Solution: go into VirtualBox VM settings > Ports
Serial Ports > Port 1
[X] Enable Serial Port
Port Number: (leave at COM1)
Port Mode: Disconnected
Alternatively, you can set
Port Mode: Raw File
Port File/Path: /tmp/serial-pfsense1
and then it writes both to the VGA console and the serial port file.
When you restore XML via the web interface, I now see some boot loader
settings are tweaked. Comparing a machine restored via the web interface
versus one where I just copied config.xml, I find that the one restored
via web interface has:
* an extra file /boot.config containing "-D"
* extra settings in /boot/loader.conf
boot_multicons="YES"
boot_serial="YES"
comconsole_speed="115200"
console="comconsole,vidconsole"
Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction.
Regards,
Brian.
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