From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 16 16:12:46 2009 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 CA4D11065693 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:12:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julien@gormotte.info) Received: from mail.gormotte.info (rei.gormotte.info [95.130.11.103]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80A748FC08 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:12:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [10.0.0.5]) by mail.gormotte.info (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAD2FA53E for ; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:12:33 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gormotte.info Received: from mail.gormotte.info ([10.0.0.5]) by localhost (mail.gormotte.info [10.0.0.5]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 96f1LfltREHd for ; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:12:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www (www [10.0.0.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.gormotte.info (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 26939A51F for ; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:12:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 195.6.159.23 ([195.6.159.23]) by horde.gormotte.info (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:12:08 +0100 Message-ID: <20091116171208.61923hnkbf6h276s@horde.gormotte.info> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:12:08 +0100 From: Julien Gormotte To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4B0177B3.9010706@identry.com> In-Reply-To: <4B0177B3.9010706@identry.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Dynamic Internet Messaging Program (DIMP) H3 (1.1.3) Subject: Re: Virtual box to do cross-browser testing 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: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:12:46 -0000 John Almberg 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.