Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:41:20 +0100 From: "Patrick M. Hausen" <hausen@punkt.de> To: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> Cc: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>, "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" <virtualization@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Running dual boot windows inside of bhyve Message-ID: <921CAF09-DDCD-43CE-BD45-9F59E7052BBA@punkt.de> In-Reply-To: <CAOtMX2icE24%2BqGoq-yqEAgDgibnb-N%2BTRTH6Nr-Ee4DNuemzbg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGBxaXnEpywFw_KavqjEpEkHeF%2BUKztue-3iS_c=74h5VNNqiQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAOtMX2icE24%2BqGoq-yqEAgDgibnb-N%2BTRTH6Nr-Ee4DNuemzbg@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi all, > Am 27.12.2017 um 18:15 schrieb Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> > I fear that you may be out of luck. Windows deliberately frustrates = this > use case by profiling its hardware at installation time and at every = boot > thereafter. If the hardware changes too much, then Windows demands a = new > license fee. Moving from physical hardware to a VM would probably = trip > every one of its alarms. Correct. But we are talking Windows 7 here. It will lose it's activation = for sure, but as far as my experience goes you can always reactivate Windows = 7 with the same keycode (unless it was a counterfeit one and is = intentionally blocked). As a last resort MS offers a phone dialog system that has always worked = for me. > For this reason, I would recommend using a > separate instance for your VM. However, if you do use a shared = instance, > then make sure that your PC is booting in UEFI mode. BHyve can only = boot > Windows in that mode. If you do that, then BHyve will probably be = able to > boot it just fine. This is actually the bigger of the two obstacles. If the original = installation is MBR booting, I don't know of a way to convert it to EFI. If you happen to have some genuine not "OEM" Windows 7 install medium *and* your original key, you should be able to do a fresh installation = and complete activation - via phone if necessary. HTH, Patrick --=20 punkt.de GmbH Internet - Dienstleistungen - Beratung Kaiserallee 13a Tel.: 0721 9109-0 Fax: -100 76133 Karlsruhe info@punkt.de http://punkt.de AG Mannheim 108285 Gf: Juergen Egeling
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