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Date:      Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:03:04 +0100
From:      Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
To:        Jim Stapleton <stapleton.41@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: virtual machine software
Message-ID:  <20080322130304.GB40364@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20803212037v279d83d1h5203e6802ecfebd4@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <80f4f2b20803212037v279d83d1h5203e6802ecfebd4@mail.gmail.com>

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On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 11:37:50PM -0400, Jim Stapleton wrote:
> I need to get a VM work for XP. I tried QEmu, but XP wouldn't install.
> I wouldn't mind VMWare, but I want to run it under trial first if
> possible.

Bochs works, but it is slow.=20

I would investigate _why_ it doesn't install under qemu before turning
to another VM. You'll need at least a 3-4G disk image (for XP with SP2
and updates), and 384M memory for the VM.

Roland
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R.F.Smith                                   http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/
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