From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 25 09:04:58 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 A36BA1065672 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:04:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (tunnel490.ipv6.xs4all.nl [IPv6:2001:888:10:1ea::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 030EF8FC21 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:04:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n2P94rOS048365; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:04:53 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: (from bulk@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id n2P94qwo048364; Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:04:52 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:04:52 +0100 From: Ruben de Groot To: Mehul Ved Message-ID: <20090325090452.GA48145@ei.bzerk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ruben de Groot , Mehul Ved , Leslie Jensen , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Harold Hartley References: <49C98507.6040905@gwi.net> <49C9C14B.1050806@eskk.nu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on ei.bzerk.org X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (ei.bzerk.org [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:04:56 +0100 (CET) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Harold Hartley , Leslie Jensen Subject: Re: installing freebsd on windows 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: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:04:59 -0000 On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:30:31AM +0530, Mehul Ved typed: > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Leslie Jensen wrote: > > For testing purposes I've used Suns VirtualBox under Windows, it runs under > > Linux as well. (Free)BSD installs well and it can give you a first > > impression on how it works. There are some settings that you must keep in > > mind, disk size can't be dynamic. You can use the VirtualBox forums for more > > information. > > /Leslie > > VirtualBox is really great for no-hassles virtualisation for newbies. > I rely on it too. But, I haven't had a good experience with FreeBSD > 7.0 on VirtualBox, too many kernel panics. And it's not just me there > are lots of people who have had the same problem with no evident > solution. > I am not discouraging this solution but informing of a problem that I > have faced. If there's a work around for that, I'd be happy to try it > myself. What worked for me was enabling VT-x/AMD-V in Virtualbox. No more panics since. Ruben