From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 22 15:11:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17BD11065671 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:11:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.bluestop.org (muon.bluestop.org [IPv6:2001:41c8:1:548a::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB4788FC19 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:11:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from tau.draftnet (unknown [IPv6:2a01:348:10f:0:219:b9ff:fe54:f04a]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.bluestop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAF803000D; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:11:45 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <47E521A9.2080201@cran.org.uk> Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:11:37 +0000 From: Bruce Cran User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080311) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jim Stapleton References: <80f4f2b20803212037v279d83d1h5203e6802ecfebd4@mail.gmail.com> <20080322130304.GB40364@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <80f4f2b20803220650s7edcee09r24dee19a5ca61dd5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20803220650s7edcee09r24dee19a5ca61dd5@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: virtual machine software X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:11:47 -0000 Jim Stapleton wrote: > Sorry, QEmu crashes when I try to boot the CD. Same happens with Bochs. > > -Jim Stapleton If it crashes with 'Bad system call' make sure you have aio support loaded. I missed it when I recently installed it, but the pkg-message does mention it: - qemu now uses aio at least for ide dma, so if you get `Invalid system call' crashes that is because aio is not (kld)loaded. -- Bruce > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Roland Smith wrote: >> 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. >> >> 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 >> -- >> R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ >> [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] >> pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) >> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >