From owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Wed Feb 22 19:35:48 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EC0CCE9E45 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2017 19:35:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dmarquess@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-x235.google.com (mail-yw0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c05::235]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5FD401F49 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2017 19:35:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dmarquess@gmail.com) Received: by mail-yw0-x235.google.com with SMTP id v200so6537031ywc.3 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2017 11:35:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=6TXETxCpNlc6btqRt6y8BuFWY7+U/pe4hwwAERu8tFM=; b=oelG5UVsu6GvGkecvkQN1ZTKcgs+rEcROibIRn4UQ1zoY9x5sLreWxsXpQXvArwsp8 TG/nsH+HlP9A14Je6bYSFozRVosKoGVg77EJ/xV8NJfG9wFcqXH4H49l6Y0akhwyqiKY bBeed6UT3e9loYj2CKnl1mf2zSNSV6PggH5CYfDwcuFjxrJkSVcGQKOYMYgvgWYFmSju r3+YDbNObPtQHjrk/k54WzQhv65Y7sZkQJ5c4ymOBJnszslCEwaPlaHRzrh05m8LNy6v VHwAixmK2yvgCQAKZ6pJS79xhN7tmAsIv1xRz7ugP1yjDKWw7EYMpbDStPxhgwCZOyi1 Za1w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=6TXETxCpNlc6btqRt6y8BuFWY7+U/pe4hwwAERu8tFM=; b=YhYtkwezcI5QAd9QMKXN035JO7zHICAbTzR512Fb0WRyYFvNaqpjyooGb9zXbJBAQh ko/hQyxu7vsB4gaZuoule0kmHdJoZcHBFTpP1079H3wVoPMUK35oXogCkeJEQ+IOvyI7 euyIveaTJXdttk9ZkIAXDeGPMNw+c/e8DYu+A050ySxSQX6mYbNBv3H9sEvjshyLDunZ Ww9ppa5U12oRm0zH/o9Mc66/ZQopdMOhoFMMywXEkkP3rC40tQld4Fj79NpD6vI/VJWF Svqt9rqmDEH/rZUwKHxbo3RD5uU5fnGNmgI+NdqDgnczTX5pVtQmcEdKxmDAByf0rau2 UoxQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AMke39kFGI2UOfIQ7v9JIjZoAjVy8RDnv+LGKySJBL7vxa/kAmS7n4/sg/TIykOiJz/1jEDGowAnAWnYxA358Q== X-Received: by 10.129.141.68 with SMTP id w4mr25147543ywj.269.1487792147457; Wed, 22 Feb 2017 11:35:47 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.13.231.135 with HTTP; Wed, 22 Feb 2017 11:35:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <58AD611D.3000701@fjl.co.uk> References: <58AD611D.3000701@fjl.co.uk> From: Dustin Marquess Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 13:35:47 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Windows XP To: Frank Leonhardt Cc: "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 19:35:48 -0000 On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 3:59 AM, Frank Leonhardt 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