[vbox-dev] vbox-dev Digest, Vol 23, Issue 19

[Desmond Chapman]

> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:35:10 +0200
> From: Klaus Espenlaub <Klaus.Espenlaub at Sun.COM>
> Subject: Re: [vbox-dev] vbox on freebsd amd64
> To: "VirtualBox developer's list" <vbox-dev at virtualbox.org>
> Message-ID: <48DD012E.1060402 at sun.com>
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> 
> Desmond Chapman wrote:
> > Does anyone have any luck setting this up?
> > 
> > # cd bin86
> > # make config
> > ===> No options to configure
> > # make clean install clean
> > ===>  Cleaning for bin86-0.16.17
> > ===>  bin86-0.16.17 is only for i386, while you are running amd64.
> > *** Error code 1
> 
> You should be able to grab an i386 binary of those tools and use that. 
> There's not much point in spending any time on making this code work 
> properly with a 64bit gcc.
> 
> Klaus


I have vbox installed on my linux debian partition. That part is 64bit. 

I was also given this: 

Message: 1
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:17:49 -0700
From: walt <w41ter at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [vbox-dev] vbox on freebsd amd64
To: vbox-dev at virtualbox.org
Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.0809260616040.11322 at x9.ybpnyarg>
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
 
 
 
On Fri, 26 Sep 2008, Desmond Chapman wrote:
 
>
> Does anyone have any luck setting this up?
>
> # cd bin86
> # make config
> ===> No options to configure
> # make clean install clean
> ===>  Cleaning for bin86-0.16.17
> ===>  bin86-0.16.17 is only for i386, while you are running amd64.
> *** Error code 1
 
--- ld/x86_aout.h.orig	2003-01-28 17:17:14.000000000 -0500
+++ ld/x86_aout.h	2005-05-07 22:40:05.000000000 -0400
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 typedef long Long;
 #define __OUT_OK 1
 #else
-typedef char Long[4];
+#define __OUT_OK 1
+#include <sys/types.h>
+typedef int32_t Long;
 #endif


But I am not good at applying patches. 
Could I link to the debian partition and use those binaries to run vbox on freebsd?


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