On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 01:10:23 -0800 per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Adam Vande More <amvandem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Fbsd8 <fb...@a1poweruser.com> > > wrote: > > > I do not run x11 or any desktop on my 9.0 host. > > > > This would be your problem. > > How so? Surely virtualbox _should_ be able to hand off a VT to the > XP guest, for it to use as a keyboard, mouse, and display. (This > supposes that the FreeBSD box in question _has_ a keyboard, mouse, > and display, and thus has a VT that it can hand off.) > > Fbsd8 <fbsd8 at a1poweruser.com> wrote: > > I have 9.0 installed on my 200gb hard drive, it's configured to use > > the first 100gb leaving the second 100gb free. I was going to > > install XP in the second half and have a duel boot config. Then I > > find out XP has to be install first on the HD ... > > The easiest solution might be to dd the first 100gb (containing > the FreeBSD installation) to the second 100gb, mark the first 100gb > as unused, and install XP there if it needs to be in the lowest- > addressed part of the disk. Back up the FreeBSD installation first! > > Mario Lobo <l...@bsd.com.br> wrote: > > To access the XP graphics interface, you NEED a graphics > > environment! > > XP itself, when running directly on the hardware, provides its own > graphics environment. It also does that when running on a VM but it does not provide a graphics environment for the host.
> It should be able to do the same running on > a VM with a virtualized keyboard, mouse, and display. To show a window you need a display that can show it, be it head or headless. To diaplay a head, be it local or remote, the display must be able to handle graphics to properly show the VM screen (head), and like I said, I have no idea on how to do that on a text console screen. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99% winblows FREE) _______________________________________________ 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"
