From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 17 13:35:48 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2ECB13F for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:35:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: from mail-gh0-f182.google.com (mail-gh0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88D398FC13 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:35:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-gh0-f182.google.com with SMTP id z15so229671ghb.13 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2012 05:35:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsd.com.br; s=capeta; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=R7+tyaZZ8TFAXsjOTGbw8HzNzJgXzz6IZSXLqIeA1UM=; b=Z8o37kJ5hON73U3ma78ROkWfeIyhTbY3BseSt1OWFY8bu2KAEF0HAGkIHqNYbm3alZ e44bAQ1q/J9WDOmETFwg1zEcwT+aO6nMIJ0hX8qRFGVLkR5UIx7d5KRbp98h+VUSg9jq nBS1rOJMz1VdBkGmBf5s2kDvSN0eO2CPuqOpk= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :x-gm-message-state; bh=R7+tyaZZ8TFAXsjOTGbw8HzNzJgXzz6IZSXLqIeA1UM=; b=nOc9hyj6f1j0DVkB3gZWL6XvxK3AlviCIC3w/IACvpw3U0t8QdL7SPbWtyCSqKY05r WoAQ940CJA+ILCPXf28j3vt0c0NkuwCd6sQtebY/+mwsxIRCc2ZKCZKy6zrfB3QI8Fsm PG4dXX72fqfRfCxyf9w/mdlFhfVFz+zgyM+iiXDW6LUD/ytRE075GnDN7RHnN6U8IUJc RL+lIBj8GBG71mukqRP8GHQyztmW/0OfIiA6zSsZtFZnL5zxZbfajMTqXsillALuFdNb /MNo+pLXt49MVpXCXxOQGhqJMjEyI5p/CXC8gXg7kkQyow22rYbW5cNkmrD7LzIw8P6a PF8Q== Received: by 10.236.89.107 with SMTP id b71mr7016192yhf.86.1353159347060; Sat, 17 Nov 2012 05:35:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from papi ([177.133.109.232]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t2sm3897480anj.3.2012.11.17.05.35.45 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 17 Nov 2012 05:35:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 10:37:08 -0300 From: Mario Lobo To: perryh@pluto.rain.com, fbsd8@a1poweruser.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: virtualbox with FreeBSD as host Message-ID: <20121117103708.1cb34db4@papi> 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> <50a7547f.pE0dkKlRM7DyQvw3%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Organization: BSD X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmrZy3CODAenCS+3hYZ1rkpgPMfUpI8rFNyHahLcvpBcXqubcr2yhCSplphPen41Y4hiOW3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:35:49 -0000 On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 01:10:23 -0800 perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Adam Vande More wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Fbsd8 > > 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.) > > Fbsd8 wrote: > > I have 9.0 installed on my 200gb hard drive, it's configured to use > > the first 100gb leaving the second 100gb free. I was going to > > install XP in the second half and have a duel boot config. Then I > > find out XP has to be install first on the HD ... > > The easiest solution might be to dd the first 100gb (containing > the FreeBSD installation) to the second 100gb, mark the first 100gb > as unused, and install XP there if it needs to be in the lowest- > addressed part of the disk. Back up the FreeBSD installation first! > > Mario Lobo wrote: > > To access the XP graphics interface, you NEED a graphics > > environment! > > XP itself, when running directly on the hardware, provides its own > graphics environment. It also does that when running on a VM but it does not provide a graphics environment for the host. > It should be able to do the same running on > a VM with a virtualized keyboard, mouse, and display. To show a window you need a display that can show it, be it head or headless. To diaplay a head, be it local or remote, the display must be able to handle graphics to properly show the VM screen (head), and like I said, I have no idea on how to do that on a text console screen. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99% winblows FREE)