Re: NetBSD as virtualbox guest

["William A. Mahaffey III" <wam%hiwaay.net@localhost>]

On 08/23/15 02:43, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> Due to pilot error this did not go out as planned to the list:
>
> =======
>
> On Sun, 23 Aug 2015, Robert Elz wrote:
>
> >  | Has anyone used NetBSD as a virtualbox guest on linux?
>
> > Yes, works just fine.
>
> Here I see what appear to me to be desperate errors when starting the 
> vm: page faults, traps, something about "supervisor mode," and one 
> having to with the mouse.
>
> I have tried the OpenBSD and NetBSD i386 boot iso's. Both seem only to 
> generate a mess here. :-(
>
> > I can send kernel config files that suit vbox's "hardware" if you 
> > want (that is, that eliminate all the stuff that simply doesn't 
> > exist), but generic kernels work fine - both i386 and amd64 (assuming 
> > your underlying system is 64 bit friendly, I assume.)
>
> I am using the generic kernels from the i386 install iso images. The 
> host is Debian jessie, 64-bit afaik.
>
> Any help, advice or encouragement will be deeply appreciated!
>
> Thanks,


'uname -a' at a CLI on the host will tell you 32-bit or 64-bit, just FYI 
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