From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Dec 27 20:44:18 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D12AEEAC246; Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:44:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hausen@punkt.de) Received: from kagate.punkt.de (kagate.punkt.de [217.29.33.131]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4E87377626; Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:44:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hausen@punkt.de) Received: from hugo10.ka.punkt.de (hugo10.ka.punkt.de [217.29.44.10]) by gate2.intern.punkt.de with ESMTP id vBRKfLqY080979; Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:41:21 +0100 (CET) Received: from [217.29.46.120] ([217.29.46.120]) by hugo10.ka.punkt.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id vBRKfLqq075013; Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:41:21 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from hausen@punkt.de) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.3 \(3273\)) Subject: Re: Running dual boot windows inside of bhyve From: "Patrick M. Hausen" In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:41:20 +0100 Cc: Aryeh Friedman , "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" , FreeBSD Mailing List , FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <921CAF09-DDCD-43CE-BD45-9F59E7052BBA@punkt.de> References: To: Alan Somers X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3273) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:44:18 -0000 Hi all, > Am 27.12.2017 um 18:15 schrieb Alan Somers > 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