Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 11:52:10 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Slight OT: How to run existing FreeBSD on windows as a VM Message-ID: <20210217115210.5f0580a4@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <CAGBxaX=-mPArXr3hf=fDk-JdOAtg06QdtZ9aCEZsrA9CJkvu_A@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGBxaX=-mPArXr3hf=fDk-JdOAtg06QdtZ9aCEZsrA9CJkvu_A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 03:21:07 -0500, Aryeh Friedman wrote: >I want to run the windows SSD as a VM on FreeBSD and the FreeBSD on >windows as a VM. Hi, is it just a myth that a Windows install can only run on the hardware of the installed machine? If it shouldn't be a myth, then the VM needs to be able to emulate exactly the same hardware, as the one used by the real machine and this probably must include hardware fingerprints. If the myth shouldn't apply to Windows, then maybe to proprietary software running on Windows. Sometimes myths rest upon half-truths. If this myths should be half-true, they are at least not untrue. What you try to archive seems to be a bold venture. Maybe Windows runs on two machines, but it might start with kind of a blue "repair" screen, when used on another machine? OTOH I heard of Windows installs on USB sticks. My apologies for that much hearsay and no facts at all. Consider to send a request to Microsoft Support, https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/ . Regards, Ralf
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