Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 13:35:47 -0600 From: Dustin Marquess <dmarquess@gmail.com> To: Frank Leonhardt <freebsd-doc@fjl.co.uk> Cc: "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Windows XP Message-ID: <CAJpsHY4MdYvz4Ch=-jQn3cRqZTKmVNyYYhCsFQU5vXK-6Xg1xQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <58AD611D.3000701@fjl.co.uk> References: <58AD611D.3000701@fjl.co.uk>
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On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 3:59 AM, Frank Leonhardt <freebsd-doc@fjl.co.uk> wrote: > Can anyone help me running Windows 5.1 (XP) as a VM under FreeBSD? > > bhyve doesn't support anything older than Vista, and I'm unclear as to > whether it supports 32-bit versions of that. I tried compiling Virtualbox a > while back, but after a few days it was still going so I put it on the back > burner. It wasn't clear how I'd get a Windows XP image on it anyway. > > So what's the best way to do this? I need it to run various Windows 32-bit > utilities, USB related (e.g. dongle servers, USB connected hardware &c). I > do have site-licensed Windows XP disks. Not to mention DOS software! VirtualBox will be the easiest to install and setup. However, if you need stability and performance, might I suggest looking into Xen? FreeBSD can act as a Xen dom0 these days, and it supports XP fine. -Dustin
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