From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 16 16:17:49 2009 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 3B7491065676 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:17:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f185.google.com (mail-pz0-f185.google.com [209.85.222.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 117DC8FC14 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:17:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk15 with SMTP id 15so3757947pzk.3 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:17:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=3obVVc6WnX6cHZvNrAqgv7ILdI//s2O1oHC5RWaGDyA=; b=qZtKTl9GdVUIUivhplkyy13TxLyrI4TsK4k5FBR/3WHvv7yOWYYM4GzaJHIiGBWIQn xEUEYJB/XCZSIlNWTFqyu8YfL8IkR2f6z1wOkCig72yvrlL2Wk5qWrIbyHYKKfm4rCiZ IqJzwyLHW1XP9UyZH210Mijy5/G7SQglEXoDU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=UfKJV4Edl1KpzR00Ioa5uMcIUg5wqLWMZai/JELk3TWj+rvmFA+EQUcBm3+oXFalQo C45drVcyqMG5nMrNv9XRe6/Lw9gXTXuSQA2zjI6CSVI9y/HlQ/CK9X9YpXOtobWpcTxT hpi95OOoQFy8QS8qYmgw4KpduDyfe8ej1sTwk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.202.21 with SMTP id z21mr900286wff.235.1258388268483; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:17:48 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B0177B3.9010706@identry.com> References: <4B0177B3.9010706@identry.com> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:17:48 -0600 Message-ID: <6201873e0911160817l57b225d4v2be82417748d60ba@mail.gmail.com> From: Adam Vande More To: John Almberg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Virtual box to do cross-browser testing 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: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:17:49 -0000 On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 10:02 AM, John Almberg wrote: > Anyone have experience using Sun's "Virtual Box" on FreeBSD? I am looking > for a way to run virtual Windows machines to do cross-browser testing... > > Don't need sound card or anything complex... if I can get it working good > enough to have access to IE 6, 7, and 8 (with 3 different virtual boxes, > probably), that would be enough for me. > > But before I jump through the hoops of setting up a new FreeBSD box and > setting up this virtual box software, I'd like to hear how others have fared > with this software. > > Any experience, much appreciated. > > -- John > > VirtualBox overall works great for me on both i386 and amd64, much faster than qemu. Just following http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox if you fun into problems. -- Adam Vande More