Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:36:10 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: Mark Stapper <stark@mapper.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: howto install virtualbox Message-ID: <4A89248A.6040700@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <4A88FA02.30405@mapper.nl> References: <4A88FA02.30405@mapper.nl>
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Mark Stapper wrote: > Hello, > > I'm currently migrating my home desktop from Gentoo linux to FreeBSD > 8.0(Beta but it'll be "Stable" soon. Using RELENG_8 btw). > I'm kind of a OS collector/nut/geek/nerd. As such virtualization is > quite important to me. > I've been using VMware Server 2.x on Gentoo for quite some time and, > apart from the new console *barf*, it's been working for me so far. > So needless to say I was hoping for vmware support. Tough luck... Ow > well, the handbook spoke of virtualbox support. Only OSE, but still, > better than nothing. > After trying virtualbox on windows(at work) I decided to give it a go on > FreeBSD amd64... > Issuing make install in the virtualbox directory complained about me not > having any 32-bit libraries installed. > My questions are two fold: > 1. Which options do I have when it comes to vritualization on FreeBSD 8 > amd64? > 2. How do I install virtualbox on amd64? > > Thanks, > Mark > > I don't have a suitable amd64 system to test, but apparently virtualbox on amd64 requires this option to be built into the kernel: COMPAT_IA32 for latest info check the wiki page, as virtualbox is under heavy development: http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox
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