From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Feb 17 11:38:19 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40BC153C8AD for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 11:38:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yb1-xb2f.google.com (mail-yb1-xb2f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::b2f]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DgbSV3RFRz58JL for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 11:38:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by mail-yb1-xb2f.google.com with SMTP id l8so13426683ybe.12 for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 03:38:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=LCw15vnrl0ebQBu4KC03YXMIzo0K39y76oxqWbmUve8=; b=HlT2/bjVPljFdvkqhXUmGmD4a1Os+BvgyJ5ip7mwHdF9pgY7qd+pEF7E25gCRkL0A4 mNfdJv2pMeNmOFCZYg/W+OBU5uOvY3mX0oC9jRN/Dz9Jz3ZbVDeQW434SeUVkla9BbC/ WqvEmZfGfp4CuXUR8TY/eEAQjNr5UhtfHOVJqAIiHLFVV2AGq5c8w5wNnX1tSCW3U1Ls botuVfNY0Ynu32U6Starigh5JgEeANz9qZXMaFuWJQ9yY/igChw3jW3AcLx1zxoZklmn vbdgotVJAG7LawOEl4/N/3rG6Z63U5GTmnTO9g2HFY8xYzaEr5V0w0DgKKL5SA6yS/Ax i3OA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=LCw15vnrl0ebQBu4KC03YXMIzo0K39y76oxqWbmUve8=; b=ugzF8CI6E3PuOlFkAeZgNif5x3hblBEWf7wPZ8UurS2He0+Tgim5cg++7+rbwjVJEX RsxAvpxutihhWcuhZWa0nUYFZ8cspOvDuwQI5951KKwq7mKUPHcqidDMpibwKNmX4pNv 9v3GAvu2ARE0GVx5EjJ0ttA18Z2ZJuZMNnVk9n7pSE28VaM4QV0vboa4HxQ1pNLvFK0A 43yfGjodppRv+XfFgiAmYcieXHSEZF18rP3ynA8mCRL8o8SqpLL2RZ9NQaTDXBZho++K 6I5oh3Jw2Msoe0Pu3Ub8HI5ZNnC5weqyqzshqfaMdNXSxn9bo7gtMKYdNe6ny+HmOiKn RC2w== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530BjeaBqFh0BlGvmd0Pid4RpmVeAvK+hXPm6My7QJQBNu6xCStm y70c/tNgFs0kcW1ZK34L/kNmXEwPEv7THusjJSWez3c9Xmk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyPq/vOvoay1aQkOkE6pT5mNiQ4VD5jG3JB0wJhXykdbV/moyAvLCMYMb7FJS/PFIr+scUW9qMSU5NA12Ur1ko= X-Received: by 2002:a5b:147:: with SMTP id c7mr10304169ybp.332.1613561897617; Wed, 17 Feb 2021 03:38:17 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20210217115210.5f0580a4@archlinux> <20210217110212.bc187330c2bef2626397b73a@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20210217110212.bc187330c2bef2626397b73a@sohara.org> From: Aryeh Friedman Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 06:38:06 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Slight OT: How to run existing FreeBSD on windows as a VM To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4DgbSV3RFRz58JL X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=HlT2/bjV; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of aryehfriedman@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::b2f as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=aryehfriedman@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::b2f:from]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2607:f8b0::/32, country:US]; TAGGED_FROM(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[gmail.com:dkim]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmail.com:s=20161025]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::b2f:from:127.0.2.255]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2607:f8b0:4864:20::b2f:from]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.34 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 11:38:19 -0000 On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 6:02 AM Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 11:52:10 +0100 > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > is it just a myth that a Windows install can only run on the > > hardware of the installed machine? > > Not entirely - much depends on the license. Windows OEM licenses > are generally locked to the mostherboard by some low level hardware ID > check, at the other extreme corporate site licenses an be used on anything > and as many times as you like but they tend to get revoked once they escape > into the outside world. In between are licenses which can be moved to a new > machine but you have to ask Microsoft to reactivate it on the new machine. > > Usually if you buy a machine with Windows on it you get an OEM > license. > In the case I am posting about licensing is not an issue. The windows is an aftermarket install and done in such a way that activation is not an issue. Just let the details be fuzzy from there. > -- > Steve O'Hara-Smith > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Aryeh M. 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