Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:06:03 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: lobo@bsd.com.br, fbsd8@a1poweruser.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: virtualbox with FreeBSD as host Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK3O_QqnjnANOsBogQ6bXN7fm6RwFANpg1TPEvMu4z1ebg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <50a7547f.pE0dkKlRM7DyQvw3%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <50A65471.7050706@a1poweruser.com> <20121116121408.71d86341@papi> <50A65F76.2060009@a1poweruser.com> <20121116130302.37a87580@papi> <50A6AD92.2000904@a1poweruser.com> <CA%2BtpaK1Nsg-s_aYaOMRjWSRfZJwGiXdS3dQxLywqXsJ0SaNm0g@mail.gmail.com> <50a7547f.pE0dkKlRM7DyQvw3%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 3:10 AM, <perryh@pluto.rain.com> wrote: > Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> wrote: > > > I do not run x11 or any desktop on my 9.0 host. > > > > This would be your problem. > > How so? Surely virtualbox _should_ be able to hand off a VT to the > XP guest, for it to use as a keyboard, mouse, and display. (This > supposes that the FreeBSD box in question _has_ a keyboard, mouse, > and display, and thus has a VT that it can hand off.) I see what you are saying but that isn't possible currently with Virtualbox. The closest piece of tech I know of the OP's request is Xen VGA passthrough. -- Adam Vande More
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