Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:12:08 +0100 From: Julien Gormotte <julien@gormotte.info> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Virtual box to do cross-browser testing Message-ID: <20091116171208.61923hnkbf6h276s@horde.gormotte.info> In-Reply-To: <4B0177B3.9010706@identry.com> References: <4B0177B3.9010706@identry.com>
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John Almberg <jalmberg@identry.com> a écrit : > Anyone have experience using Sun's "Virtual Box" on FreeBSD? I am > looking for a way to run virtual Windows machines to do > cross-browser testing... > > Don't need sound card or anything complex... if I can get it working > good enough to have access to IE 6, 7, and 8 (with 3 different > virtual boxes, probably), that would be enough for me. > > But before I jump through the hoops of setting up a new FreeBSD box > and setting up this virtual box software, I'd like to hear how > others have fared with this software. > > Any experience, much appreciated. > > -- John > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > It seems that VirtualBox still has problems, according to the FreeBSD wiki : http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox Maybe you should try qemu instead, as it seems much more stable now : http://wiki.freebsd.org/qemu I used qemu to virtualize Windows Server 2003 some time ago (on Gentoo and Mandriva boxes), and it was working (as long as you consider that a Windows system "works"). Julien Gormotte ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
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