From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 17 02:13:57 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11E7D642 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2012 02:13:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (agora.rdrop.com [IPv6:2607:f678:1010::34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD49F8FC08 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2012 02:13:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id qAH2Dsq5067835 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:13:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.14.2/Submit) with UUCP id qAH2Dsmo067834; Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:13:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from fbsd81 ([192.168.200.81]) by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA19753; Fri, 16 Nov 12 18:10:44 PST Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 01:10:23 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: amvandemore@gmail.com, lobo@bsd.com.br, fbsd8@a1poweruser.com Subject: Re: virtualbox with FreeBSD as host Message-Id: <50a7547f.pE0dkKlRM7DyQvw3%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <50A65471.7050706@a1poweruser.com> <20121116121408.71d86341@papi> <50A65F76.2060009@a1poweruser.com> <20121116130302.37a87580@papi> <50A6AD92.2000904@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 02:13:57 -0000 Adam Vande More wrote: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: > > I do not run x11 or any desktop on my 9.0 host. > > This would be your problem. How so? Surely virtualbox _should_ be able to hand off a VT to the XP guest, for it to use as a keyboard, mouse, and display. (This supposes that the FreeBSD box in question _has_ a keyboard, mouse, and display, and thus has a VT that it can hand off.) Fbsd8 wrote: > I have 9.0 installed on my 200gb hard drive, it's configured to use > the first 100gb leaving the second 100gb free. I was going to install > XP in the second half and have a duel boot config. Then I find out XP > has to be install first on the HD ... The easiest solution might be to dd the first 100gb (containing the FreeBSD installation) to the second 100gb, mark the first 100gb as unused, and install XP there if it needs to be in the lowest- addressed part of the disk. Back up the FreeBSD installation first! Mario Lobo wrote: > To access the XP graphics interface, you NEED a graphics environment! XP itself, when running directly on the hardware, provides its own graphics environment. It should be able to do the same running on a VM with a virtualized keyboard, mouse, and display.