Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:21:26 +0200 From: Volodymyr Kostyrko <c.kworr@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: QEMU Windows and X forwarding Message-ID: <fpe3i6$fdk$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <8327AD78-3C25-4E5C-80C5-183436A286AB@tca-cable-connector.com> References: <8327AD78-3C25-4E5C-80C5-183436A286AB@tca-cable-connector.com>
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David Schulz wrote: > Hello, > > my Goal is to setup a FreeBSD Server that hosts about 5 Images of > (licensed) Windows XP, which i made either using QEMU or Win4BSD. Those > Images then i want to make accessible to old Macintosh PowerPC Machines, > so the Users can access one or two Applications that only run under > Windows XP. I would like to know from anyone in a similar situation how > to accomplish this best. > > Currently, I pretty much have it setup for myself, so when i open X11 on > my PowerPC Machine, and type in ssh -X server_address windows_xp , i do > get an instance of Windows XP on my PowerPC Machine. > > The trouble here for now is server and network performance. I would like > to know if anyone of you has any suggestions for me on how i can make > the network load as little as possible. I read that freenx is offering > really good responsiveness, but unfortunately it is marked as broken on > my System using FreeBSD Version 6.3. I'm using net/rdesktop for that. It's native to win, easy to setup, easy to work. qemu bla-bla-bla -redir tcp:3389::3389 -nographic You can use different outside ports for different virtual machines. -- Sphinx of black quartz judge my vow.
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