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Date:      Wed, 22 Feb 2017 11:13:09 +0100
From:      Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>
To:        Frank Leonhardt <freebsd-doc@fjl.co.uk>
Cc:        "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Windows XP
Message-ID:  <20170222101307.GE25286@e-new.0x20.net>
In-Reply-To: <58AD611D.3000701@fjl.co.uk>
References:  <58AD611D.3000701@fjl.co.uk>

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On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 09:59:57AM +0000, Frank Leonhardt wrote:
> Can anyone help me running Windows 5.1 (XP) as a VM under FreeBSD?
> 
> bhyve doesn't support anything older than Vista, and I'm unclear as to 
> whether it supports 32-bit versions of that. I tried compiling 
> Virtualbox a while back, but after a few days it was still going so I 
> put it on the back burner. It wasn't clear how I'd get a Windows XP 
> image on it anyway.
> 
> So what's the best way to do this? I need it to run various Windows 
> 32-bit utilities, USB related (e.g. dongle servers, USB connected 
> hardware &c). I do have site-licensed Windows XP disks. Not to mention 
> DOS software!
> 

Why didn't you use the virtualbox packages?

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