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    Problems Installing or Upgrading pfSense Software
    virtualbox freeze boot hung hang
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      mmmmmmmm
      last edited by mmmmmmmm

      Hello
      I want to run pfSense-CE-2.4.5-RELEASE-p1-amd64.iso on virtualbox 6.0.22. (VM: 4GB RAM, 16MB Video Memory, PAE/NX enabled )
      The VM starts up but freezes on boot (see image below)
      7b863540-8855-49d0-8d80-ee07d86a1c26-image.png ![alt text]

      http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Boot_Troubleshooting did not solve the problem; at least I did not find the correct switch.

      Any idea, what could go wrong?

      Thanks for any hint

      Regards, Marc

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        Zawi
        last edited by

        choose VM type: BSD version: freeBSD-64. it should work

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          mmmmmmmm @Zawi
          last edited by

          @Zawi Thanks for your reply. Still not working. The boot process still hangs
          4ef2bf4e-e1f9-4e7a-9116-e61710169da9-image.png
          :-(

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            Zawi
            last edited by

            did you assign virtual NIC to you VM?

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              mmmmmmmm @Zawi
              last edited by mmmmmmmm

              @Zawi Thanks for your reply
              Yes. tried with 1 and 2 NIC's
              no change; still hanging ...

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                mmmmmmmm @mmmmmmmm
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                @mmmmmmmm Problem solved. Updated to latest virtualbox version...

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