Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:31:28 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de> To: Mark Stapper <stark@mapper.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "'freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: howto install virtualbox Message-ID: <20090817113128.37ec7588@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <4A88FA02.30405@mapper.nl> References: <4A88FA02.30405@mapper.nl>
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On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:34:42 +0200 Mark Stapper <stark@mapper.nl> wrote: > 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. > So, how did you install FreeBSD? From an install image? You should have a /usr/lib32 by default, unless the image didn't contain it. The 32-bit compatibilty libraries are automatically generated by "make buildworld" as long as MK_LIB32 is not set to "no" (which it is not, by default). Maybe you need to do "make buildworld" followed by "make installworld", assuming you have the src tree installed. > My questions are two fold: > 1. Which options do I have when it comes to vritualization on FreeBSD 8 > amd64? > qemu works pretty well, but VirtualBox is the way to go. I've been using it under 8-current for a few months and it beats the socks off of qemu performance-wise. > 2. How do I install virtualbox on amd64? > See above. It seems that having /usr/lib32 populated is a prerequisite. --- Gary Jennejohn
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