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Subject: Re: Windows support in bhyve
To: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@crodrigues.org>
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Hi Craig,

> Microsoft provides free virtual machines here:
> https://dev.modern.ie/tools/vms/windows/
> These VM's are primarily targeted at web developers, for testing
> Internet Explorer.
>
> Can these VM's be made to work with bhyve?  For example, by using
> VirtualBox to export a VM to a raw disk image.

  Not at the moment. They are for desktop versions only, and are most 
likely configured for hardware that bhyve doesn't support i.e. no 
virtio-net driver.

later,

Peter.