Installing pfSense

larson167 · Nov 10, 2022, 4:55 PM

Good morning,

When trying to install pfSense using Virtualbox on my Macbook i am getting this error attached in the screenshot. I have looked through google and watched numerous videos and still no luck.

nimrod · Nov 10, 2022, 5:24 PM

@larson167

Try using fixed size virtual disk instead of dynamically allocated.

larson167 · Nov 10, 2022, 5:25 PM

@nimrod I even tried that and still no luck.

nimrod · Nov 10, 2022, 5:27 PM

@larson167

Have you tried switching disk controller mode from AHCI to IDE and vice versa ?

larson167 · Nov 10, 2022, 5:28 PM

@nimrod I have not. I am assuming you do that from virtual box correct?

nimrod · Nov 10, 2022, 5:32 PM

@larson167

Correct.

Also, try playing with chipset type settings and try legacy BIOS mode instead of UEFI. if nothing works, then your host system that runs VirtualBox has some issues.

larson167 · Nov 10, 2022, 5:32 PM

@nimrod thank you for the insight I’ll mess around with it later and let you know what comes of it.

stephenw10 · Nov 10, 2022, 8:40 PM

If you choose restart then select rescue shell you can check the install log file to see what actually failed there.
It's probably an issue specific to VBox in OSX though (or maybe on ARM?). I've installed pfSense in VBox many times and it works fine.

Steve