Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:08:49 -0700 (PDT) From: henter2009 <jeronimocalvop@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: howto install virtualbox Message-ID: <25889863.post@talk.nabble.com> In-Reply-To: <4A89248A.6040700@otenet.gr> References: <4A88FA02.30405@mapper.nl> <4A89248A.6040700@otenet.gr>
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anyone can give some references of this? any kind how to explanation will be more than welcome :D Manolis Kiagias-2 wrote: > > Mark Stapper wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm currently migrating my home desktop from Gentoo linux to FreeBSD >> 8.0(Beta but it'll be "Stable" soon. Using RELENG_8 btw). >> I'm kind of a OS collector/nut/geek/nerd. As such virtualization is >> quite important to me. >> I've been using VMware Server 2.x on Gentoo for quite some time and, >> apart from the new console *barf*, it's been working for me so far. >> So needless to say I was hoping for vmware support. Tough luck... Ow >> well, the handbook spoke of virtualbox support. Only OSE, but still, >> better than nothing. >> After trying virtualbox on windows(at work) I decided to give it a go on >> FreeBSD amd64... >> Issuing make install in the virtualbox directory complained about me not >> having any 32-bit libraries installed. >> My questions are two fold: >> 1. Which options do I have when it comes to vritualization on FreeBSD 8 >> amd64? >> 2. How do I install virtualbox on amd64? >> >> Thanks, >> Mark >> >> > I don't have a suitable amd64 system to test, but apparently virtualbox > on amd64 requires this option to be built into the kernel: > > COMPAT_IA32 > > for latest info check the wiki page, as virtualbox is under heavy > development: > > http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/howto-install-virtualbox-tp25001665p25889863.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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