Virtualbox virtual disk hang

[Adam Vande More]

On Sun, Nov 19, 2017 at 7:02 PM, Steven Wallace <
swallace at bsd-vbox1q.sdwmail.homeunix.org> wrote:

> Ever since I have upgraded to FreeBSD 11.1 early this year, VirtualBox's
> virtual disks will hang randomly.   I have to SATA emulated devices which
> are
> configured as FLAT devices to /dev/sd#x on two separate physical drives.
>
> I have upgraded Virtualbox consistently, even recently compiling the new
> 5.2.0
> version.
>
> The virtualbox's disk icon will stay constant green (or sometimes red).   I
> usually use Windows 7 guest.   Sometimes after 30 minutes Windows 7 will
> continue as if it could not read the drive.  Other times it will give a
> blue
> screen of death.
>
> It may work fine for a month, then consistently hang within  a few minutes
> of
> use in Windows 7.
>
> If anyone has a clue as to what may be the source of the problem please
> chime
> in.
>

If the guest is showing a lot of IO, then you should use the guest's OS to
determine what is causing it.

If you're using guest additions, make sure the version's match.

-- 
Adam