Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:19:19 +0200 From: Ed Jobs <oloringr@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Confusion About "FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox" Message-ID: <200912181119.19283.oloringr@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B2B0790.2010005@gmail.com> References: <4B2B0790.2010005@gmail.com>
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--nextPart1681766.02S6PPoGn9 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Friday 18 December 2009 06:39, Ryan Ware wrote: > Maybe someone here can distribute some enlightenment. In the press > release for 8.0 it says, "FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in > VirtualBox". I understand what the host mode support is with the > VirtualBox port. What I don't understand is what support for guest mode > is. I don't see anything anywhere about guest additions. As far as I > can tell, guest support seems to consist of simply allowing the kernel > to run in VirtualBox. Am I missing something? >=20 i'm not absolutely sure, but i think that the Virtualbox additions is what = you=20 are looking for. When an os is guest in Vbox, you can install the virtualbo= x=20 additions (in the guest) to share the clipboard and integrate the mouse wit= h=20 the host machine. I'm not perfectly sure, but i think that the additions build a kernel modul= e=20 and load it during the boot. So what i get is that the 8.0 kernel has support for that module. (or maybe= i=20 am wrong? if someone knows, correct me) =2D-=20 Real programmers don't document. If it was hard to write, it should be hard= to=20 understand. --nextPart1681766.02S6PPoGn9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAksrSRcACgkQBPpdVEWKA33B3QCgqE6n7N5b+OlJoDUX/TdBdzQe 9+0An2ARm8AL9TRqR7seK8CZ+p0ifEw4 =kkGF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1681766.02S6PPoGn9--
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