Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:13:10 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Tore Lund <toreld@netscape.net> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: running windows applications and making use of existing ms windows installation Message-ID: <456C43F6.2050809@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <456C32C7.8030608@netscape.net> References: <45373B31.6020200@pobox.sk> <6a1189840610190209q39220af1m1bb3bca1f7378008@mail.gmail.com> <20061128081856.M33318@pobox.sk> <20061128064043.a8245e8e.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <20061128121353.M96221@users.sf.net> <456C32C7.8030608@netscape.net>
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On 11/28/06 06:59, Tore Lund wrote: > mato wrote: >> Do you think I could supply raw disk device directly to Qemu ?? > > As I understand it, you HAVE TO use a raw disk for qemu at present, > though I cannot recall the reason for it right now. But this will not > help you "make use of existing Windows (XP) installation". I believe > the OS itself, at the very least, must be installed by qemu - correct me > if I am wrong. > > In any case, the following instructions work for me: > > http://www.freebsdforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44204 First, I could not get Qemu to boot a raw disk device, or slice. I didn't try very hard though. Second - VMWare Workstation 5.5 (for Windows) will allow booting a raw device, and I am actually using (right now) a vmware machine booting to my local hard drive, which has dual booting set up (one partition windows, one FreeBSD). Natively I usually run FreeBSD, however sometimes I boot into Windows, use it for a while, and simultaneously boot up my vmware machine, which loads the regular FreeBSD partition that I normally use, and boots up. I use X (1920x1200 resolution even), networking, etc, just like normal. It's very fast (hard to tell the difference from native). A few disclaimers: - I have an Intel Core 2 Duo, which has virtualization on the processer, which VMWare workstation takes advantage of. - You need enough memory for Windows, and FreeBSD. Windows itself will want 512mb, so plan accordingly. - You'll need to tweak some xorg.conf settings (or use a separate xorg.conf like I do) when inside the vmware workstation. Also (as the forum points out in the link above), win4bsd is pretty good. The latest stable version is pretty decent. I run Quicken 2006 inside it, and it does indeed work well, and is pretty snappy. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology An undefined problem has an infinite number of solutions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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