Host side

• Add this to /boot/loader.conf:

  vboxdrv_load="YES"                      # VirtualBox module
  atapicam_load="YES"
  

• Add this to /etc/rc.conf:

  vboxnet_enable="YES"                    # VirtualBox notworking
  hald_enable=YES

  hald_enable is probably already there for X.

• Add this to /etc/group:

  vboxusers:*:920:grog
  

  The entry for vboxusers was already there, but I had to add myself to be able to use it.

• Add this to /etc/devfs.conf:

  # For VirtualBox
  perm cd0 0660
  perm xpt0 0660
  perm pass0 0660
  

• Run VirtualBox and create a host interface (Settings/Network/tab Host-only Networks/ Green icon on right). Alternatively:

  === root@eureka (/dev/pts/20) ~ 71 -> VBoxManage hostonlyif create

  I'm not sure that this is right, nor that it is necessary.

Install from CD (image)

• Create a machine.

• Disk should be VDI, dynamically allocated.

• Select Bridged network.

• Point CD-ROM at an ISO image file. Boot and install as normal.

• After installation, set boot order (System/Motherboard) to HD first.

Install a Vbox image

This relates to FreeBSD images as found at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/VM-IMAGES/10.2-RELEASE/amd64/Latest/

• Download an image. I chose FreeBSD-10.2-RELEASE-amd64.vmdk.xz.
• Decompress the image:
  === grog@stable (/dev/pts/4) ~/VirtualBox 30 -> unxz FreeBSD-10.2-RELEASE-amd64.vmdk.xz

• Create a machine. Disk should be VMDK. Point at the image.

• Select Bridged network.

• Set boot order (System/Motherboard) to HD first. Boot.

• mkdir /eureka
  mount eureka:/ /eureka
  mount eureka:/home /eureka/home
  mount -p | tail -2 >> /etc/fstab
  ln -s /eureka/home/src /
  rm -rf /usr/src
  ln -s /src/FreeBSD/svn/ /usr/src
  ln -s /src/FreeBSD/svn/ports /usr/ports
  # Some of these don't build reliably
  cp -p /eureka/home/local/share/abbreviations ~
  cp -p /eureka/home/grog/.bashrc ~
  pkg install xterm cmake gmake bash emacs24 pkgconf openexr
  

• chsh to bash

• Add to /etc/rc.conf:

  rwhod_enable=YES