From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 17 09:36:13 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8FBD106568C for ; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:36:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr (rosebud.otenet.gr [83.235.67.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 556318FC3F for ; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:36:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from atomic.dyndns.org (athedsl-4488753.home.otenet.gr [94.71.74.57]) by rosebud.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n7H9aAwp024004; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:36:11 +0300 Message-ID: <4A89248A.6040700@otenet.gr> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:36:10 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090724) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Stapper References: <4A88FA02.30405@mapper.nl> In-Reply-To: <4A88FA02.30405@mapper.nl> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: howto install virtualbox X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:36:14 -0000 Mark Stapper wrote: > Hello, > > I'm currently migrating my home desktop from Gentoo linux to FreeBSD > 8.0(Beta but it'll be "Stable" soon. Using RELENG_8 btw). > I'm kind of a OS collector/nut/geek/nerd. As such virtualization is > quite important to me. > I've been using VMware Server 2.x on Gentoo for quite some time and, > apart from the new console *barf*, it's been working for me so far. > So needless to say I was hoping for vmware support. Tough luck... Ow > well, the handbook spoke of virtualbox support. Only OSE, but still, > better than nothing. > After trying virtualbox on windows(at work) I decided to give it a go on > FreeBSD amd64... > Issuing make install in the virtualbox directory complained about me not > having any 32-bit libraries installed. > My questions are two fold: > 1. Which options do I have when it comes to vritualization on FreeBSD 8 > amd64? > 2. How do I install virtualbox on amd64? > > Thanks, > Mark > > I don't have a suitable amd64 system to test, but apparently virtualbox on amd64 requires this option to be built into the kernel: COMPAT_IA32 for latest info check the wiki page, as virtualbox is under heavy development: http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox