From owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Wed Feb 22 10:13:13 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6BE8CE88B0 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2017 10:13:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: from mail.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [IPv6:2001:aa8:fffb:1::3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "0x20.net", Issuer "StartCom Class 1 DV Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 77E921911 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2017 10:13:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (mail.0x20.net [IPv6:2001:aa8:fffb:1::3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.0x20.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 10CE96E0081; Wed, 22 Feb 2017 11:13:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from e-new.0x20.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id v1MADA5N096162; Wed, 22 Feb 2017 11:13:10 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from lars@e-new.0x20.net) Received: (from lars@localhost) by e-new.0x20.net (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id v1MAD9DD094753; Wed, 22 Feb 2017 11:13:09 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from lars) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 11:13:09 +0100 From: Lars Engels To: Frank Leonhardt Cc: "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Windows XP Message-ID: <20170222101307.GE25286@e-new.0x20.net> References: <58AD611D.3000701@fjl.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="/RvYOEQaqo9O34Ko" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <58AD611D.3000701@fjl.co.uk> X-Editor: VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 X-Operation-System: FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE-p35 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 10:13:13 -0000 --/RvYOEQaqo9O34Ko Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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? >=20 > bhyve doesn't support anything older than Vista, and I'm unclear as to=20 > whether it supports 32-bit versions of that. I tried compiling=20 > Virtualbox a while back, but after a few days it was still going so I=20 > put it on the back burner. It wasn't clear how I'd get a Windows XP=20 > image on it anyway. >=20 > So what's the best way to do this? I need it to run various Windows=20 > 32-bit utilities, USB related (e.g. dongle servers, USB connected=20 > hardware &c). I do have site-licensed Windows XP disks. Not to mention=20 > DOS software! >=20 Why didn't you use the virtualbox packages? --/RvYOEQaqo9O34Ko Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQF8BAEBCgBmBQJYrWQzXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ4RjQwMDE3RTRERjUzMTI1N0FGRTUxNDlF NTRDQjM3RDNBMDg5RDZEAAoJEOVMs306CJ1t7kQH/RhpyCr55jSKu5BAizzf/Pet Ip1eyu2nMeIv+1TmFc5LD+rs8JEqvx35cVvplxy4rPjnzYdH4TWmO8DpO0hSUFDn 1ljiHwZBqX9BB80VZfVeow6jfEyZdkYEUhsgDAwrr0PwHasud7pM03jxqAppBB9F AUqxgEUKEk+K6O1SWUxM4o+ZA586/7sEaRgtF/jY7HI3OMlbbqgYfYNI848rd9AR qgIeNK+VsR33TNZ28QcSRJZLaSfyr9KfA57ixkRHetayDPSkeborec4y5Xjdxalr BpRdDFSOzcNfMnatR4h0HDePMeH6RdZLDP4nk6pgjZp6fAKiJcAQLJxMcraXlfw= =FGkZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --/RvYOEQaqo9O34Ko--