Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 14:31:20 -0800 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@komquats.com> To: Rebecca Cran <rebecca@bluestop.org>, Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>, Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" <virtualization@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Running dual boot windows inside of bhyve Message-ID: <20171227223109.810548A5@spqr.komquats.com>
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I've had no issues when I p2v Windows partitions. In the case of my laptop,= which has 3 FreeBSD partitions and a Windows partition, I've had no licens= ing issues interchangeably booting it under VirtualBox under FreeBSD or on = the bare metal. --- Sent using a tiny phone keyboard. Apologies for any typos and autocorrect. Also, this old phone only supports top post. Apologies. Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> or <cy@freebsd.org> The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few. --- -----Original Message----- From: Rebecca Cran Sent: 27/12/2017 09:37 To: Alan Somers; Aryeh Friedman Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org; FreeBSD Mailing List; FreeBSD Maili= ng List Subject: Re: Running dual boot windows inside of bhyve On 12/27/2017 10:15 AM, Alan Somers wrote: > > I fear that you may be out of luck. Windows deliberately frustrates this > use case by profiling its hardware at installation time and at every boot > thereafter. If the hardware changes too much, then Windows demands a new > license fee. Moving from physical hardware to a VM would probably trip > every one of its alarms. Fortunately modern versions at least allow you to move the installation=20 to a different machine without requiring a reinstall. You might be told=20 you need to relicense it, and it will take some time to reconfigure=20 itself to the new hardware it finds itself running on, but it'll work at=20 least. --=20 Rebecca _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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