Re: howto install virtualbox
anyone can give some references of this? any kind how to explanation will be more than welcome :D Manolis Kiagias-2 wrote: Mark Stapper wrote: Hello, I'm currently migrating my home desktop from Gentoo linux to FreeBSD 8.0(Beta but it'll be Stable soon. Using RELENG_8 btw). I'm kind of a OS collector/nut/geek/nerd. As such virtualization is quite important to me. I've been using VMware Server 2.x on Gentoo for quite some time and, apart from the new console *barf*, it's been working for me so far. So needless to say I was hoping for vmware support. Tough luck... Ow well, the handbook spoke of virtualbox support. Only OSE, but still, better than nothing. After trying virtualbox on windows(at work) I decided to give it a go on FreeBSD amd64... Issuing make install in the virtualbox directory complained about me not having any 32-bit libraries installed. My questions are two fold: 1. Which options do I have when it comes to vritualization on FreeBSD 8 amd64? 2. How do I install virtualbox on amd64? Thanks, Mark I don't have a suitable amd64 system to test, but apparently virtualbox on amd64 requires this option to be built into the kernel: COMPAT_IA32 for latest info check the wiki page, as virtualbox is under heavy development: http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox ___ 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 -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/howto-install-virtualbox-tp25001665p25889863.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ 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: howto install virtualbox
Gary Jennejohn wrote: On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:34:42 +0200 Mark Stapper st...@mapper.nl wrote: I'm currently migrating my home desktop from Gentoo linux to FreeBSD 8.0(Beta but it'll be Stable soon. Using RELENG_8 btw). I'm kind of a OS collector/nut/geek/nerd. As such virtualization is quite important to me. I've been using VMware Server 2.x on Gentoo for quite some time and, apart from the new console *barf*, it's been working for me so far. So needless to say I was hoping for vmware support. Tough luck... Ow well, the handbook spoke of virtualbox support. Only OSE, but still, better than nothing. After trying virtualbox on windows(at work) I decided to give it a go on FreeBSD amd64... Issuing make install in the virtualbox directory complained about me not having any 32-bit libraries installed. So, how did you install FreeBSD? From an install image? You should have a /usr/lib32 by default, unless the image didn't contain it. The 32-bit compatibilty libraries are automatically generated by make buildworld as long as MK_LIB32 is not set to no (which it is not, by default). Maybe you need to do make buildworld followed by make installworld, assuming you have the src tree installed. My questions are two fold: 1. Which options do I have when it comes to vritualization on FreeBSD 8 amd64? qemu works pretty well, but VirtualBox is the way to go. I've been using it under 8-current for a few months and it beats the socks off of qemu performance-wise. 2. How do I install virtualbox on amd64? See above. It seems that having /usr/lib32 populated is a prerequisite. --- Gary Jennejohn Thanks all for your reply's. I was planning on doing a kernel/world upgrade anyway since that's what I like doing :-) (need to test a patch from Junch-uk Kim anyway...) Now I really have no more reason not to run FreeBSD as desktop... Maybe except for good nvidia drivers. thanks again. Greetz, Mark signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: howto install virtualbox
Mark Stapper writes: Gary Jennejohn wrote: On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:34:42 +0200 Mark Stapper st...@mapper.nl wrote: I'm currently migrating my home desktop from Gentoo linux to FreeBSD 8.0(Beta but it'll be Stable soon. Using RELENG_8 btw). I'm kind of a OS collector/nut/geek/nerd. As such virtualization is quite important to me. I've been using VMware Server 2.x on Gentoo for quite some time and, apart from the new console *barf*, it's been working for me so far. So needless to say I was hoping for vmware support. Tough luck... Ow well, the handbook spoke of virtualbox support. Only OSE, but still, better than nothing. After trying virtualbox on windows(at work) I decided to give it a go on FreeBSD amd64... Issuing make install in the virtualbox directory complained about me not having any 32-bit libraries installed. So, how did you install FreeBSD? From an install image? You should have a /usr/lib32 by default, unless the image didn't contain it. The 32-bit compatibilty libraries are automatically generated by make buildworld as long as MK_LIB32 is not set to no (which it is not, by default). Maybe you need to do make buildworld followed by make installworld, assuming you have the src tree installed. My questions are two fold: 1. Which options do I have when it comes to vritualization on FreeBSD 8 amd64? qemu works pretty well, but VirtualBox is the way to go. I've been using it under 8-current for a few months and it beats the socks off of qemu performance-wise. 2. How do I install virtualbox on amd64? See above. It seems that having /usr/lib32 populated is a prerequisite. --- Gary Jennejohn Thanks all for your reply's. I was planning on doing a kernel/world upgrade anyway since that's what I like doing :-) (need to test a patch from Junch-uk Kim anyway...) Now I really have no more reason not to run FreeBSD as desktop... Maybe except for good nvidia drivers. And Adobe Flash (tm) ;-) thanks again. Greetz, Mark ___ 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: howto install virtualbox
On Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:34:42 +0200 Mark Stapper st...@mapper.nl wrote: I'm currently migrating my home desktop from Gentoo linux to FreeBSD 8.0(Beta but it'll be Stable soon. Using RELENG_8 btw). I'm kind of a OS collector/nut/geek/nerd. As such virtualization is quite important to me. I've been using VMware Server 2.x on Gentoo for quite some time and, apart from the new console *barf*, it's been working for me so far. So needless to say I was hoping for vmware support. Tough luck... Ow well, the handbook spoke of virtualbox support. Only OSE, but still, better than nothing. After trying virtualbox on windows(at work) I decided to give it a go on FreeBSD amd64... Issuing make install in the virtualbox directory complained about me not having any 32-bit libraries installed. So, how did you install FreeBSD? From an install image? You should have a /usr/lib32 by default, unless the image didn't contain it. The 32-bit compatibilty libraries are automatically generated by make buildworld as long as MK_LIB32 is not set to no (which it is not, by default). Maybe you need to do make buildworld followed by make installworld, assuming you have the src tree installed. My questions are two fold: 1. Which options do I have when it comes to vritualization on FreeBSD 8 amd64? qemu works pretty well, but VirtualBox is the way to go. I've been using it under 8-current for a few months and it beats the socks off of qemu performance-wise. 2. How do I install virtualbox on amd64? See above. It seems that having /usr/lib32 populated is a prerequisite. --- Gary Jennejohn ___ 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: howto install virtualbox
Mark Stapper wrote: Hello, I'm currently migrating my home desktop from Gentoo linux to FreeBSD 8.0(Beta but it'll be Stable soon. Using RELENG_8 btw). I'm kind of a OS collector/nut/geek/nerd. As such virtualization is quite important to me. I've been using VMware Server 2.x on Gentoo for quite some time and, apart from the new console *barf*, it's been working for me so far. So needless to say I was hoping for vmware support. Tough luck... Ow well, the handbook spoke of virtualbox support. Only OSE, but still, better than nothing. After trying virtualbox on windows(at work) I decided to give it a go on FreeBSD amd64... Issuing make install in the virtualbox directory complained about me not having any 32-bit libraries installed. My questions are two fold: 1. Which options do I have when it comes to vritualization on FreeBSD 8 amd64? 2. How do I install virtualbox on amd64? Thanks, Mark I don't have a suitable amd64 system to test, but apparently virtualbox on amd64 requires this option to be built into the kernel: COMPAT_IA32 for latest info check the wiki page, as virtualbox is under heavy development: http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox ___ 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
