Re: Confusion About FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox
Am 28.12.2009 19:10, schrieb Ivan Voras: Ivan Voras wrote: 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? AFAIK no, that's it. Actually, it looks like the newest version (will arrive to ports soon) has guest tools/additions for FreeBSD. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org When you download https://svn.bluelife.at/nightlies/virtualbox-port-r601.tar.gz you can see, that there 3 ports. Two ports are for host, i think and one port has name virtualbox-ose-additions. I think this port will make guest additions for freebsd as guest. -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Confusion About FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox
Ivan Voras wrote: 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? AFAIK no, that's it. Actually, it looks like the newest version (will arrive to ports soon) has guest tools/additions for FreeBSD. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Confusion About FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox
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? AFAIK no, that's it. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Confusion About FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox
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) -- Real programmers don't document. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: Confusion About FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox
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) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Confusion About FreeBSD now supports host and guest modes in VirtualBox
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? Thanks, Ryan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
