Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:04:52 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> To: Mehul Ved <mehul.n.ved@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Harold Hartley <wheelie207@gwi.net>, Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> Subject: Re: installing freebsd on windows Message-ID: <20090325090452.GA48145@ei.bzerk.org> In-Reply-To: <c1e7523f0903242300w7299fd90r79dd77366b0da1e1@mail.gmail.com> References: <49C98507.6040905@gwi.net> <49C9C14B.1050806@eskk.nu> <c1e7523f0903242300w7299fd90r79dd77366b0da1e1@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:30:31AM +0530, Mehul Ved typed: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Leslie Jensen <leslie@eskk.nu> wrote: > > For testing purposes I've used Suns VirtualBox under Windows, it runs under > > Linux as well. (Free)BSD installs well and it can give you a first > > impression on how it works. There are some settings that you must keep in > > mind, disk size can't be dynamic. You can use the VirtualBox forums for more > > information. > > /Leslie > > VirtualBox is really great for no-hassles virtualisation for newbies. > I rely on it too. But, I haven't had a good experience with FreeBSD > 7.0 on VirtualBox, too many kernel panics. And it's not just me there > are lots of people who have had the same problem with no evident > solution. > I am not discouraging this solution but informing of a problem that I > have faced. If there's a work around for that, I'd be happy to try it > myself. What worked for me was enabling VT-x/AMD-V in Virtualbox. No more panics since. Ruben
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