NetBSD installed physically on one of my disk can't boot if I try to
emulate it with VirtualBOX in raw mode
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loziomario · 2021-10-05 17:38

# Hello to everyone.

I've  installed VirtualBOX on FreeBSD 13R and now I would like to boot
NetBSD  9.2 in raw  mode using VirtualBOX. Let's say that the NetBSD
partition  is located on /dev/ada1p2,I  created a pointer to this
partition with  the following command :

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    VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename
/root/"VirtualBox VMs"/NetBSD92/netbsd92.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/ada1p2

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then I have attached the VMDK file to my VM. I've opened the
VirtualBox GUI,clicked **Settings**, clicked **Storage** and under the
**Controller PIIX4** I have clicked on the **Add Hard Disk** button,
selected **Choose existing drive**,   and then selected the VMDK file
I just created. The problem arises  when  it should start the boot
sequence,because it is freezed on the  black  screen and nothing
happens. I have also tried with different   Controllers,such as
**AHCI** and **virtio-scsi.**