From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 18 15:02:43 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 6F7A91065672 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:02:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ryan.ware@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 3EC3A8FC15 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:02:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk15 with SMTP id 15so2159618pzk.3 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:02:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hMcVsKiHWSam4QdKcwxwEPqt/E7lHC6yLQsLv40TzQM=; b=n0cVwFt2+eNiP+eKJtZYg6eno1CSBsUaNoPlj0Jtxvc4QH1V+lbuCY/vHYveDaiJzs 5ocOzoKPX1nOEN7wPmLYmQfHcotyJJ4QOdVO1TfEeFI5apTOTpUsmcgeGEhZNvbv3QAj Gbt3sDCwK6Ag64RW2XdNjXxsAUd6GnNloe8R4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=X7GhuCq8r2ldcIH/h6xSDBxXEqN15elJ9o03JOICg9Wsq1M+rDsil31awzAvXqweep GulyQZMtOiUBqY2QfKpIf9x62qdNYIjVxxqjGJ3aK6Tr1fh3hhE/VYvRCLItlsP0kSkO SAsT8xpuwjz88qcqT5WN+LOGa+4IQF+RasTpU= Received: by 10.141.124.1 with SMTP id b1mr2777974rvn.10.1261148559539; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:02:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.7? (pool-98-108-131-208.ptldor.fios.verizon.net [98.108.131.208]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 22sm2457768pzk.6.2009.12.18.07.02.38 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:02:38 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B2B998E.8090606@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:02:38 -0800 From: Ryan Ware User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091204 Thunderbird/3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4B2B0790.2010005@gmail.com> <200912181119.19283.oloringr@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200912181119.19283.oloringr@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Confusion About "FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox" 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: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:02:43 -0000 Thanks Ed. I looked at the guest additions. Unfortunately, they only have additions for Linux, Windows and Solaris. I tried installing the Linux additions on the off chance that they really meant *NIX, but they are specifically tied to the Linux kernel. I tried installing the virtualbox package to see what was in the VboxAdditions.iso that comes with it, but there doesn't seem to be one (or any iso for that matter) like there is with the VirtualBox downloads that come from their site. Things actually run really well with FreeBSD as a vbox guest. It runs better than under VMWare Workstation 7. It just doesn't do some of the nice things that I've come to expect like having the guest desktop fit the size of the window. That's the most annoying part. Ryan On 12/18/2009 1:19 AM, Ed Jobs wrote: > On Friday 18 December 2009 06:39, Ryan Ware wrote: > >> Maybe someone here can distribute some enlightenment. In the press >> release for 8.0 it says, "FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in >> VirtualBox". I understand what the host mode support is with the >> VirtualBox port. What I don't understand is what support for guest mode >> is. I don't see anything anywhere about guest additions. As far as I >> can tell, guest support seems to consist of simply allowing the kernel >> to run in VirtualBox. Am I missing something? >> >> > i'm not absolutely sure, but i think that the Virtualbox additions is what you > are looking for. When an os is guest in Vbox, you can install the virtualbox > additions (in the guest) to share the clipboard and integrate the mouse with > the host machine. > I'm not perfectly sure, but i think that the additions build a kernel module > and load it during the boot. > So what i get is that the 8.0 kernel has support for that module. (or maybe i > am wrong? if someone knows, correct me) > >