Try installing a small linux distro or live linux distro from a iso image.  If 
they install and run with no problem than you can rule out virtualbox and 
windows xp as the culprits..  I would also try virtualpc from microsoft a free 
virtualisation product that you can download from microsoft.com.

Cheers.
Úlfar

From: * William [mailto:william.full.m...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 1:36 PM
To: Úlfar Ellenarson
Subject: Re: virtualbox & "greetings"

Thanks for the confirmation.

That is exactly what I did the first, second and third time.  I'm not quite 
sure I did the correct steps.  It doesn't boot.  The problem may be with 
virtual box, my set-up or ... some place else.
On 5 April 2011 07:32, Úlfar Ellenarson 
<u...@applicon.is<mailto:u...@applicon.is>> wrote:
Hi William,

I think you might be going about this the wrong way.  What I think you want to 
do is install dragonfly bsd in virtualbox.  If so than it is a relatively 
simple operation.  You can download the stable iso from dragonfly bsd from 
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/download/ and click on either current i386 or 
x86_64 CD link.  You will download a bunziped iso image.  You will need to 
uncompress the image with software for windows xp which supports bunzip.  It 
should not be to hard to google for it.  You will than use the iso image as 
your install image from within virtualbox.  When selecting the cdrom during the 
set up of your virtualbox guest (use freebsd for operating system sinc 
dragonfly bsd is not an option) you can choose to use a iso image.  Your 
computer will boot up and the install process will begin.  You will need to use 
if this is your first time installing dragonfly bsd 
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/newhandbook/Installation/.  I am guessing from 
what you say that you want to have a dragonfly bsd system running in virtualbox.

Cheers,
Wolf


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