On Tue, 10 Dec 2019 at 07:24, Mayuresh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Considering this because I got a new hardware on which a few things don't > work on NetBSD (1. wifi: can live with using mobile with tethering; 2. > touchpad: I anyway prefer normal mouse and use that also very less, so ok; > 3. hdmi: that's a deal breaker as I need laptop to connect to hdmi for my > normal usage). > > To solve all these, could I make NetBSD a guest and what are some good > options? Is it Linux+VirtualBox, any specific Linux flavor would be good > to act merely as host by and large retaining NetBSD feel of the system? > > Mayuresh
I run a minimal NetBSD installation as a qemu/KVM guest (host is LMDE 3 Cindy). I've enabled the serial console in /boot.cfg and I access the guest in xterm without the need of ssh. I haven't tested X yet. This is my command line: $ qemu-system-x86_64 -drive file=/home/oc/VM/img/netbsd.image,index=0,media=disk -m 400M -cpu host -enable-kvm -smp $(nproc) -net user,hostfwd=tcp::6666-:22 -net nic -nographic Then I switch between stdio and monitor using CTRL-A C. If I want to ssh in, I just: $ ssh 127.0.0.1 -p 6666 -- Ottavio Caruso
