From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 17 09:31:30 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECD70106568C; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:31:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) Received: from mout0.freenet.de (mout0.freenet.de [IPv6:2001:748:100:40::2:2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 891198FC16; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:31:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [195.4.92.20] (helo=10.mx.freenet.de) by mout0.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.69 #92) id 1McyYr-0006ce-Do; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:31:29 +0200 Received: from tfaf5.t.pppool.de ([89.55.250.245]:29677 helo=ernst.jennejohn.org) by 10.mx.freenet.de with esmtpa (ID gary.jennejohn@freenet.de) (port 25) (Exim 4.69 #94) id 1McyYr-0007Xw-5f; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:31:29 +0200 Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:31:28 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn To: Mark Stapper Message-ID: <20090817113128.37ec7588@ernst.jennejohn.org> In-Reply-To: <4A88FA02.30405@mapper.nl> References: <4A88FA02.30405@mapper.nl> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.16.2; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-purgate-ID: 149285::1250501489-00000B72-583682E6/0-0/0-0 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "'freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org'" Subject: Re: howto install virtualbox X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:31:31 -0000 On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:34:42 +0200 Mark Stapper 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