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Date:      Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:47:30 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Marek Salwerowicz <marek_sal@wp.pl>
Cc:        emulation@freebsd.org, ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [Call for Testers] VirtualBox 4.2.0
Message-ID:  <20120920164730.GB18364@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <505ACADF.7050207@wp.pl>
References:  <CAE-m3X3Lnhe7aQ3duO68apXOu6eAtbyB9qfafcDo2THVWgfs-w@mail.gmail.com> <505ACADF.7050207@wp.pl>

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In the last episode (Sep 20), Marek Salwerowicz said:
> W dniu 2012-09-20 08:02, Bernhard Fröhlich pisze:
> > Hi virtualbox users!
> >
> > I am very glad to be able to send out a VirtualBox 4.2.0 call for
> > testers.  We've done a good job pushing many patches upstream before the
> > release this time so our port is much smaller and easier to handle.
> 
> thanks for the release - I will do some tests and let you know about the
> results.
> 
> By the way - can you tell me if there are any plans for releasing the
> Extension Pack for FreeBSD?  I'd really like to have the Intel E1000 PXE
> support in virtual machine.

If you're adventurous, you could try embedding the iPXE bootcode into the
emulated E1000's BIOS instead: 

http://www.ipxe.org/
http://etherboot.org/wiki/romburning/vbox

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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