Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 10:41:39 -0300 From: Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to make smooth USB access available to Virtualbox vm Message-ID: <20160706104139.648cfbd0@Papi> In-Reply-To: <1467781682.1892374.658066521.076DEF67@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <VI1PR02MB0974C9E557F7FEBCA7D7B4FCF6380@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <CAFYkXjnn3gOXAj8jAxqGqy0z0kcEFUf5jvixgO9pwGw_g=uNBg@mail.gmail.com> <20160705083230.47d99a62.freebsd@edvax.de> <VI1PR02MB09744511B04DD7E41AAB6A33F6390@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <329cfc15-988a-11fc-e9f4-7423e21e1cf6@bananmonarki.se> <20160705163611.70ba678b@Papi> <1467781682.1892374.658066521.076DEF67@webmail.messagingengine.com>
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On Wed, 06 Jul 2016 05:08:02 +0000 mail@bontempi.net wrote: .... > > I know that the subject line reads «How to make smooth USB access > available to Virtualbox vm», but I was wondering if anybody has > successfully shortcut that issue by using Bhyve with the -s switch? > > As per the wiki [1], «The bhyve hypervisor now supports Microsoft > Windows virtual machines as of FreeBSD HEAD SVN tag r288524» > > [1] https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve/Windows > > Priyadarshan For me at least, here are the problems with this approach for production use: -Bleeding edge FreeBSD HEAD -Remastering a Windows ISO -An AutoUnattend.xml automatic installation file -Windows VirtIO network driver -DVD-ROM remastering utilities (p7zip and sysutils/cdrtools-devel) -RDP Remote Desktop Protocol client (net/freerdp) plus all the gothchas involved in the whole procedure. For now, it is a lot to ask just for using usb (in my case). -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] "UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things."home | help
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