From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 11 13:38:47 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 7CABF33F for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:38:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from nm12.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com (nm12.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com [77.238.189.65]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CEE44270 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:38:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [212.82.105.246] by nm12.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Mar 2013 13:38:40 -0000 Received: from [217.146.188.168] by tm18.bullet.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Mar 2013 13:38:40 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp136.mail.ird.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 11 Mar 2013 13:38:40 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s1024; t=1363009120; bh=x9qTiuh0H2cLf7J633xbjgOkcVCTjw9UD3fuGeMkpiM=; 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=F9phRvHOodoYV3rjz5cEOc/wDeqD7cuB+JYvkRP8IUQq/7QnodSZ8Se6mABNoC3reBZumutOo+s4i+JRtA/aBuCZ3Au58bH3zDFKfEDlRmtm8dBzkGgPCcZB6uR1pRiqYm+z17zgAP4595BQB2LksFvfCrG8xvYP2pGNFxChjOU= X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 455939.70376.bm@smtp136.mail.ird.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: gvSxi.MVM1lsOOMEaDbwVJuPmN0oXRuRNYiGCkOhtDFyH1v LQMkazQeyH2a6qY1o604kJ4BEfTr5k9rWYdj8CZDj6wjwYkfSrOIlxXpOI9A zlCFQdm2NqQm2oLIuV.M6UN5NoUzvGz2GRGpdDftde8s5We5OAz1fRJ7MdNX T6CbICzENhXw8epZIYUThr2i_N4wHzgcT3pqRCJ1o4zKMZruMBApOtLT0g03 QXaxDfX4R2NJRhDJ9YrIjzdpl9a9ztWSxysa_v.bfeMhrpE_DNsBzmifZylt HYnq5C5Fo0Y.dovcgbFP4bQzh7kLaoje78qi9DIA1CCbXrgmqwwSoegNIue_ rH0S5LcjQVxY0Q2M9IvTSDxt1qdwVxvNk40tNHjLT79_7io0MWe2qrjPlcJp yEybgadDD_R1dOj59LFqVEZlQi6aku6KsO4ksxQ3ZvJ64.rWgXCaBSlcbnqg 0Mw5C581ezYFI5DbIZv78aAu2xPgBJoynQrwph85nW39LZr0N.5AamBf1YE. DeB0hV6JigUIccoJ71Z_IV8EGfy9syfSO7P.kY7Dd2oz5Yb7CjNea4CMzYbv x X-Yahoo-SMTP: BeMCPs2swBABTJ3kAeEiC_hE0mz8jRexLddJfD8pI2j32fOacjBmXg-- Received: from [85.182.23.225] (ralf.mardorf@85.182.23.225 with login) by smtp136.mail.ird.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Mar 2013 06:38:40 -0700 PDT Message-ID: <1363009119.631.58.camel@archlinux> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9 and Windows XP From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:38:39 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20130311143113.d87dc3181183a4d8059a0810@yahoo.es> References: <20130309120741.DED57767@ms5.mc.surewest.net> <20130311135110.9da99d99cfe968f2d904acd0@yahoo.es> <1363007645.631.43.camel@archlinux> <20130311143113.d87dc3181183a4d8059a0810@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 13:38:47 -0000 On Mon, 2013-03-11 at 14:31 +0100, Eduardo Morras wrote: > 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. Thank you :) I'll flag your reply as "useful information", perhaps I come back to that later. Regards, Ralf