I cannot start a VM in FreeNAS 11

[Jacob H. Weeks]

Please help me folks. I have upgraded my FreeNAS OS when I found out that a stable release was available for my system. I used the update/upgrade feature from within the FreeNAS web GUI. I found the new VM option and wanted to give it a go, but could not get it to start. I have tried everything that I could think of or find online in the forums. I have tried making sure that I have a live CD (Ubuntu) selected for the CD-ROM device and have tried changing the UEFI option and network driver option. I am attaching images below that show what I am seeing. I also have an image showing my output from the cmdline to make sure that my CPU supports virtualization. Please help!

 

[KrisBee]

Did you read through the VM section in the new guide? Just click the "guide icon" on top right of your screen.

I see you're using an AMD processor on what is probably a consumer grade m/board. Did you use any virtual machines in another operating system (Windows/Linux) with VirtualBox or VMplayer on this hardware in the past? If not, you may not have ensured VM support has been enabled in your m/board's BIOS.

AFIAK, the "grep test" just looks at the CPU flags and assumes you have a VM enabled BIOS. Your CPU is definitely VM capable, so assuming you have followed the FreeNAS guide correctly, check your m/board's BIOS.

 

[Jacob H. Weeks]

Thank you KrisBee, that fixed it.