From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 11 13:31:06 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 EFE11D14 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:31:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emorrasg@yahoo.es) Received: from nm7-vm0.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com (nm7-vm0.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com [77.238.189.222]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4B2D9217 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:31:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [77.238.189.50] by nm7.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Mar 2013 13:30:57 -0000 Received: from [217.146.189.67] by tm3.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Mar 2013 13:30:57 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp147.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Mar 2013 13:30:57 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.es; s=s1024; t=1363008657; bh=e21LIsx+W2j18NvShTV7FWdH9pxw9t2kOCiwkRavYgs=; h=X-Yahoo-Newman-Id:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-SMTP:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-Id:In-Reply-To:References:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=C1a9FwVjSpB1YEQ+Z3h/I8kbu33TIoKNaqnp1v/c2hNru+2U2Etqqxa27yoEJhdjlHFZEUsOwPaxbSVwHmYd+8UCAzPHmgO0Hzcf6SC+xY8+h2LR5RbXHlO+A24YyplDOCOVOxtaC1PBXyIk0WMLcGTLUiL8kzGCpwD+lcS6ZKI= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 702522.50974.bm@smtp147.mail.ird.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: iZs1txsVM1mCl4Pm3gPvWN19wJNvKMUw12Z0sYFoK9LmoxM REE6FdkpQSML.70dbvThsBAP5F7p.OanXrSJzGa3ppRUD_jhDDhEs10JdxCK qepXL6_Ygd5CPvNWf28GW9DpUajZWWEvjN6I1c15TrqfCDaFSghNLJoF7E1j Dkz87xBYnG27_PV9Q1bt.U.VWCmT1BmcS6u4k1KeAshCGSi.3Si6aBBtNapK HSIyE2UfRNcU5GZiLN_eFg3uZBeVQvYyVrJRO3ZZtEIgmfZaEbQpqJHAmMGZ 8MvgOAU.kfRO1yHUpIM65owobPOkXMmACsUBt5sHM0eRB5MkAeRNxZ_ohvDL GHB3mCYaC6s4EJGEG6rPk8_0eMXLDYHKXA4xLXDXX8kOj3CcpXt8gD.TnKea ssBKyDoi.uE.EluLQrT5qxvGue4TDSYp91TkKdtgH3IoE7qE60lOtW1Rb4Zx wMIijj9yNoML67UngfBy4yFxNSYwJYpBb7dsx18hnME4SYC75utzM6sUCer3 2sZ4YuE5AEfVyybZgKXWIsWHBPc3mXCcuUpA- X-Yahoo-SMTP: mX392iiswBAeJNdO_s.EW62LZDJR Received: from camibar.emorras.eu (emorrasg@85.219.45.252 with plain) by smtp147.mail.ird.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Mar 2013 06:30:57 -0700 PDT Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:31:13 +0100 From: Eduardo Morras To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9 and Windows XP Message-Id: <20130311143113.d87dc3181183a4d8059a0810@yahoo.es> In-Reply-To: <1363007645.631.43.camel@archlinux> References: <20130309120741.DED57767@ms5.mc.surewest.net> <20130311135110.9da99d99cfe968f2d904acd0@yahoo.es> <1363007645.631.43.camel@archlinux> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.3.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII 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 13:31:06 -0000 On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:14:05 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > 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 followed the instructions (only once) from this page http://geekery.amhill.net/2010/01/27/virtualbox-with-existing-windows-partition/ and it works under FreeBSD 8.3 and WinXP. > 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 use it that way, my set up is 2 primary mbr partitions, one with XP ntfs, the other with FreeBSD ufs2+su. VBox installed on both. > > 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? Don't know if VBox snapshots are usable, never tried. There's no confusion, WinXP access directly to the XP partition and FreeBSD to FreeBSD partition. If you don't play with VBox internal commands you are safe. I got a dirty fs on FreeBSD when WinXP crashed once. HTH > Regards, > Ralf --- --- Eduardo Morras