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Date:      Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:16:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:      youshi10@u.washington.edu
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MS Windows emulator or VM with USB support
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.43.0704202016420.30059@hymn02.u.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200704202102.43585.knizek@volny.cz>

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On Fri, 20 Apr 2007, Milan Knizek wrote:

> Hello,
>
> is there an emulator or virtual machine, which would run MS Windows on Fr=
eeBSD
> as a host system and support USB devices? (I do not mean USB Mass Storage=
,
> but e.g. Garmin GPS device with Garmin's MapSource.)
>
> Preferrably some free software.
>
> AFAIK wine cannot support usb devices, VMware Server 1.x does runs only o=
n
> linux.
>
> Best regards,
> Milan
>
> --
> Milan Kn=C3=AD=C5=BEek
> http://milan-knizek.net/
> e-mail knizek {na} volny {v} cz

Based on my experience VMware is the most complete VM that can deliver this=
=2E However, there are people working on porting Xen to FreeBSD (CURRENT I =
believe, not STABLE).

So stay tuned for Xen if you're interested..

-Garrett




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