Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:48:27 +0100 From: Adam J Richardson <fatman.uk@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MS Windows emulator or VM with USB support Message-ID: <4629979B.5090806@crackmonkey.us> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0704202016420.30059@hymn02.u.washington.edu> References: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0704202016420.30059@hymn02.u.washington.edu>
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youshi10@u.washington.edu wrote: > On Fri, 20 Apr 2007, Milan Knizek wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> is there an emulator or virtual machine, which would run MS Windows on >> FreeBSD >> as a host system and support USB devices? (I do not mean USB Mass >> Storage, >> but e.g. Garmin GPS device with Garmin's MapSource.) >> >> Preferrably some free software. >> >> AFAIK wine cannot support usb devices, VMware Server 1.x does runs >> only on >> linux. >> >> Best regards, >> Milan >> >> -- >> Milan Knížek >> http://milan-knizek.net/ >> e-mail knizek {na} volny {v} cz > > Based on my experience VMware is the most complete VM that can deliver > this. However, there are people working on porting Xen to FreeBSD > (CURRENT I believe, not STABLE). > > So stay tuned for Xen if you're interested.. > > -Garrett > Does Qemu do what you want? I'm installing Windows 2000 Professional inside Qemu for some experiments. I don't know if it fulfils your USB requirement, but it's free and I hear it runs on FreeBSD pretty well. Hope this helps, Adam J Richardson
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