Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:11:37 +0000 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Jim Stapleton <stapleton.41@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: virtual machine software Message-ID: <47E521A9.2080201@cran.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20803220650s7edcee09r24dee19a5ca61dd5@mail.gmail.com> References: <80f4f2b20803212037v279d83d1h5203e6802ecfebd4@mail.gmail.com> <20080322130304.GB40364@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <80f4f2b20803220650s7edcee09r24dee19a5ca61dd5@mail.gmail.com>
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Jim Stapleton wrote: > Sorry, QEmu crashes when I try to boot the CD. Same happens with Bochs. > > -Jim Stapleton If it crashes with 'Bad system call' make sure you have aio support loaded. I missed it when I recently installed it, but the pkg-message does mention it: - qemu now uses aio at least for ide dma, so if you get `Invalid system call' crashes that is because aio is not (kld)loaded. -- Bruce > > 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. >> >> 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) >> > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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