From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 25 16:17:44 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DD631065670 for ; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:17:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from mailgw.es.net (mail4.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:6000:6::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C373A8FC20 for ; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:17:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:910::29]) by mailgw.es.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8PGHcFH022205 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:17:41 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 403D41CC13; Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:17:38 -0700 (PDT) To: gary.jennejohn@freenet.de In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:38:34 +0200." <20090925113834.09dad3e2@ernst.jennejohn.org> Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:17:38 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20090925161738.403D41CC13@ptavv.es.net> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5, 1.2.40, 4.0.166 definitions=2009-09-25_09:2009-09-22, 2009-09-25, 2009-09-25 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0908210000 definitions=main-0909250048 Cc: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Does vbox have support for cd-rom or usb in winxp guest? X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:17:44 -0000 > Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:38:34 +0200 > From: Gary Jennejohn > > On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:30:52 -0700 > "Kevin Oberman" wrote: > > > Other than the USB, everything seems to work great for a Windows 7 > > guest. I just need a bit more memory so I don't spend so much time > > paging. > > > > This statement interests me because, as I've posted several times, I can't > even start W7RC with acceleration turned on (running a recent 9-CURRENT). > Everything worked with older versions of the kernel and port. > > What version of FreeBSD and of the port are you using? Yes, I have seen your reports and I don't see anything like it. I'm running FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 and have been using VB running Windows 7 Release (not RC) since 8.0-BETA1. I have used both NAT and bridged networking and both work fine for me. No problems encountered at all other than that memory utilization tends to sit at 85% or more and paging and swapping on the Windows system makes it very slow and makes running more than one app at a time impractical. W7 simply can't run well with 512 MB of memory. I ordered memory for my ThinkPad yesterday, so I hope that I'll have double the memory next week. If it would work for FreeBSD, I would be quite willing to buy a commercial version to get the USB to work! Of course, neither the VB nor the Sun Microsystems web sites provide any clue as to how to buy it, even if it could work. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751