Whenever it polled acd0 it sent an error to all terminals, every couple of seconds. It couldn't be stopped by sending all output (stdout and stderr) to /dev/null; it was coming from the kernel. If /dev/acd0 was removed, then it worked. It's possible that the optical drive Virtualbox provides simply does not like HAL, but I won't know until I use it "for real."
I've read the FAQ on FreeBSD.org, so I know how to configure PolicyKit for this purpose...and honestly, for a multi-user machine, PolicyKit is a really neat tool. I don't see much use for it on a single-user machine, but I can deal with it.
I should be getting it installed sometime in the next couple weeks. I am under crazy working hours until next Saturday (8AM/10-11PM) so I definitely won't get it done until after then.
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