Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:22:59 +0700 From: "Outback Dingo" <outbackdingo@gmail.com> To: "Jim Stapleton" <stapleton.41@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: virtual machine software Message-ID: <5635aa0d0803220722w3cf17d22te5054b074b5e8038@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080322141534.GA81205@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <80f4f2b20803212037v279d83d1h5203e6802ecfebd4@mail.gmail.com> <20080322130304.GB40364@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <80f4f2b20803220650s7edcee09r24dee19a5ca61dd5@mail.gmail.com> <20080322141534.GA81205@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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have you tried VirtualBox ??? On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 9:15 PM, Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 09:50:26AM -0400, Jim Stapleton wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 11:37:50PM -0400, Jim Stapleton wrote: > > > > I need to get a VM work for XP. I tried QEmu, but XP wouldn't > install. > > > > I wouldn't mind VMWare, but I want to run it under trial first if > > > > possible. > > > > > > Bochs works, but it is slow. > > > > > > I would investigate _why_ it doesn't install under qemu before > turning > > > to another VM. You'll need at least a 3-4G disk image (for XP with > SP2 > > > and updates), and 384M memory for the VM. > > > > > (please do not top-post) > > Sorry, QEmu crashes when I try to boot the CD. Same happens with Bochs. > > Well, if it happens with two different emulators, I guess you'd have to > look for a cause outside of the emulators themselves. > > - is the CD allright? Have you tried booting your machine with it? > > - does the user who starts the qemu/bochs process have write > access to the CD device? If not, you have to fix that. > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/<http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Ersmith/>; > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) >
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