Thanks Ed. I looked at the guest additions. Unfortunately, they only
have additions for Linux, Windows and Solaris. I tried installing the
Linux additions on the off chance that they really meant *NIX, but they
are specifically tied to the Linux kernel. I tried installing the
virtualbox package to see what was in the VboxAdditions.iso that comes
with it, but there doesn't seem to be one (or any iso for that matter)
like there is with the VirtualBox downloads that come from their site.
Things actually run really well with FreeBSD as a vbox guest. It runs
better than under VMWare Workstation 7. It just doesn't do some of the
nice things that I've come to expect like having the guest desktop fit
the size of the window. That's the most annoying part.
Ryan
On 12/18/2009 1:19 AM, Ed Jobs wrote:
On Friday 18 December 2009 06:39, Ryan Ware wrote:
Maybe someone here can distribute some enlightenment. In the press
release for 8.0 it says, "FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in
VirtualBox". I understand what the host mode support is with the
VirtualBox port. What I don't understand is what support for guest mode
is. I don't see anything anywhere about guest additions. As far as I
can tell, guest support seems to consist of simply allowing the kernel
to run in VirtualBox. Am I missing something?
i'm not absolutely sure, but i think that the Virtualbox additions is what you
are looking for. When an os is guest in Vbox, you can install the virtualbox
additions (in the guest) to share the clipboard and integrate the mouse with
the host machine.
I'm not perfectly sure, but i think that the additions build a kernel module
and load it during the boot.
So what i get is that the 8.0 kernel has support for that module. (or maybe i
am wrong? if someone knows, correct me)
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