Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 19:04:50 -0400 From: "Jim Stapleton" <stapleton.41@gmail.com> To: "Bruce Cran" <bruce@cran.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: virtual machine software Message-ID: <80f4f2b20804031604s378cbf94o5c5bc86217091236@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47E521A9.2080201@cran.org.uk> References: <80f4f2b20803212037v279d83d1h5203e6802ecfebd4@mail.gmail.com> <20080322130304.GB40364@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <80f4f2b20803220650s7edcee09r24dee19a5ca61dd5@mail.gmail.com> <47E521A9.2080201@cran.org.uk>
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OK, it's working now. Slowly, but working (I'm guessing the lackluster performance is due to having it use 768MB memory, when the host only has 1GB, easy enough to fix, there are several solutions). -Jim Stapleton On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> wrote: > Jim Stapleton wrote: > > > Sorry, QEmu crashes when I try to boot the CD. Same happens with Bochs. > > > > -Jim Stapleton > > > > If it crashes with 'Bad system call' make sure you have aio support loaded. > I missed it when I recently installed it, but the pkg-message does mention > it: > > - qemu now uses aio at least for ide dma, so if you get `Invalid system > call' crashes that is because aio is not (kld)loaded. > > -- > Bruce > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > > > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 11:37:50PM -0400, Jim Stapleton wrote: > > > > I need to get a VM work for XP. I tried QEmu, but XP wouldn't > install. > > > > I wouldn't mind VMWare, but I want to run it under trial first if > > > > possible. > > > > > > Bochs works, but it is slow. > > > > > > I would investigate _why_ it doesn't install under qemu before turning > > > to another VM. You'll need at least a 3-4G disk image (for XP with SP2 > > > and updates), and 384M memory for the VM. > > > > > > Roland > > > -- > > > R.F.Smith > http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > > > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much > appreciated] > > > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: > C321A725) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > >
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