From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 22 14:23:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47E12106564A for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:23:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com (ti-out-0910.google.com [209.85.142.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7C718FC15 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:23:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id j2so523815tid.3 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:22:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=w9ZVwzXPL1P+Sg0UEtff2eJw5G+cbOOfzu/4jgdYUwQ=; b=Bbl6AZ4wEIv03ZSD76WRCMKtWR9jTAI/cJH3GVRwhNekfM296jeiDSJFYe7IB2sBfSSlKDzt4smlOXIXkLvrNLOTTPVHT/K/wNc7UjsF/XYtLg4nItz3gvbLdZKOVcXtnntWKIiZuuxilS5+1GRm+nuGtGmz860y6Ij9mwk69U8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=HPJ7n2grt3ji3BiZwNF9E0nC8xA6djmc6d2vzHOrH8Mobe3EB1j47r5SDelJIFqdOlsGRxefl9Ax1SybOBEORE+5ndq3bKuj0Pnz7tDfgOkpL0lO+anIa9HpMlBslPl65uVKMP5Bc4zVhZrseFvGG3n4SezIJJ4k18T2b6P/38Q= Received: by 10.110.32.9 with SMTP id f9mr977686tif.26.1206195779559; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:22:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.110.3.13 with HTTP; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:22:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5635aa0d0803220722w3cf17d22te5054b074b5e8038@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:22:59 +0700 From: "Outback Dingo" To: "Jim Stapleton" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20080322141534.GA81205@slackbox.xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <80f4f2b20803212037v279d83d1h5203e6802ecfebd4@mail.gmail.com> <20080322130304.GB40364@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <80f4f2b20803220650s7edcee09r24dee19a5ca61dd5@mail.gmail.com> <20080322141534.GA81205@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: virtual machine software X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:23:01 -0000 have you tried VirtualBox ??? On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 9:15 PM, Roland Smith 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 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/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) >