Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 21:16:51 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: virtualbox Message-ID: <20100806041651.GA97269@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinyi9qYDNKcsFRb%2BQi4ahAtkUuaVHCdu2NAfMGq@mail.gmail.com> References: <4C5B8748.1060904@el.net> <AANLkTinyi9qYDNKcsFRb%2BQi4ahAtkUuaVHCdu2NAfMGq@mail.gmail.com>
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--BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Brandon Gooch on Thursday, 05 August 2010: > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 10:53 PM, kalin m <kalin@el.net> wrote: > > > > > > hi all.. > > > > just wondering how mature is virtualbox to be used with freebsd - eithe= r as > > host or as guest. is viable to be used in production environment? > > >=20 > >From my experience (running the latest 3.2.6 on 8.1-RELEASE, 8-STABLE, > and 9-CURRENT) as both host and guest systems, YES. >=20 > I'm also using 32- and 64-bit Windows and Linux guests; performance > and stability are very, very good. >=20 > Please try VirtualBox for yourself -- I think you will be pleased with > the effort that's been put in to the port by the developers :) >=20 > -Brandon > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" I'll second that. I haven't used FreeBSD as a guest yet, but as a host VirtualBox performs very nicely, and (touch wood) I haven't had any problems with using Windows 7 and Windows XP as guests. I'm on amd64 FreeBSD, and I've run both 64-bit and 32-bit Windows guests. --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips= .com --BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMW4yzAAoJEIpckszW26+RxqUH/RHVa/VIrDoyR3z5nhcIK819 RSwWObOQZK5+7lJFxLpS1ReciqBzwR4U+ci7jzK6IPyNewZpEH5pJwR6+9gWEh1Y sieanj2iZ3Mh+1jzqjOcftmS0IeFdt4NJzeK12/qXE7m10RZzwSaIKaO8Hkri4Ua HsUUNNnEu4Zl5ASrNAGYVd+tFZVPfqUXDUA0c3uH3AR6AgKBEPxeqMWp7w9raYyD 3A4dAoL2lkp9cMSpgHGHSJVA+oJNFZHE5zzRRxDNKWIBBnd+C0LzZDTkgwf+2TQ2 Kej/c83DdNu0c/uCfO/0yGr9/yjPAhNF+5A//9FOVV7c3+edsENMm+fcj8U7pqA= =wVo9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --BOKacYhQ+x31HxR3--
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