From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 11 13:14:08 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF04857B for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:14:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from nm5.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com (nm5.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com [77.238.189.62]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E6332122 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:14:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [77.238.189.231] by nm5.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Mar 2013 13:14:06 -0000 Received: from [46.228.39.100] by tm12.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Mar 2013 13:14:06 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp137.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Mar 2013 13:14:06 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s1024; t=1363007646; bh=r/vTvoM7XxuhHgHitHADT2KV6cUkbRFfZeR09Jk1mdk=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Date:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=p9nmrpVNsFllToyGcX1bFQNG0GpfP2g8NfDuqBShmP5TxUCj2DaNdYaNWKpvTiORFcqQm4WtIg3ZXNajf7ozmPOlWQGmSGijq7mPEbdLSESiXbQ6cxGqSX7ZqM/NTXlQysLPNvXLmbZ/34qXKPOAp0NLut63mbl6B8tZbDZzivY= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 797896.39305.bm@smtp137.mail.ir2.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: .O4caucVM1kqUPE3F_zXQFwbqNwlnmvcLi_E3E94cQpoM34 rdYoCaAivx.Wx_QBilbiQbkME2Cjf.3JXXudPQOPT6dlktfN31tZhVKkH9m0 oj0enEAPSJFWjp0RM0aD5PjzTYwLuK7pAfKJ5HglmjRLnM2DC_7.AdvQ1Dwd ADKPyzK3NJuSOonwcSX.m1GJ9.Zxk5qXKWIv3hhmMs2ksWc59pWyKFRshBKr feMjkS1Rkb_jlAtUFOGJLj9TZloM6mBsxfvgnij7na6UEWvb_AsP6e.EZYcD Cf2170YNQZ_nWoUnMJOOpOO6nxjFnAEzPifrNlG0oHUD2NWUJKsBhhQjGqII 6bbqCWOmVFopixjkQHLLe.fCIGALYTJnwvbmnBQgrvhcxjf.L7cuIWajwPLd 6ndUrvR_PZeAOPK0hEJxg6qpBWlLlrvMbb14KJ._SuSkC X-Yahoo-SMTP: BeMCPs2swBABTJ3kAeEiC_hE0mz8jRexLddJfD8pI2j32fOacjBmXg-- Received: from [85.182.23.225] (ralf.mardorf@85.182.23.225 with login) by smtp137.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Mar 2013 13:14:06 +0000 UTC Message-ID: <1363007645.631.43.camel@archlinux> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9 and Windows XP From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:14:05 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20130311135110.9da99d99cfe968f2d904acd0@yahoo.es> References: <20130309120741.DED57767@ms5.mc.surewest.net> <20130311135110.9da99d99cfe968f2d904acd0@yahoo.es> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.6.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:14:08 -0000 On Mon, 2013-03-11 at 13:51 +0100, Eduardo Morras wrote: > As an addon to other answers, you can install VirtualBox, create a > minimal hard disk with MBR boot menu that points to the WindowsXP > partition. This way you don't need to restart in WinXP. The same can > be done from WinXP side, a minimal hd with MBR boot menu to startup > the FreeBSD. This does work? I've got XP as VBox's vdi and just a folder to share content with *nix. It would be possible to install XP bootable without VBox to a ntfs partition, to boot it directly and if wanted, to use it also as guest in VBox? I only use VBox to get applications for an iPad and to copy PDFs to an iPad, since ad-hoc networks until now never worked for me, but I also would like to test hardware sometimes, impossible with VBox, so sometimes it would be nice to have a real Windows install. If this should work, will it become impossible to use snapshots made by VBox? Will there be no confusion regarding to different drivers for the XP booted as VBox guest and booted directly? Regards, Ralf