Re: windows 7 guest under bhyve (UEFI) doesn't start with FreeBSD 15

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---> That's really annoying. I hope someone can give you some helpful
advice.

I'm curious to try virtualizing Windows 7 with my implementation of qemu
accelerated with bhyve. But why Windows 7 ? What's special about it ?


On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 11:06=E2=80=AFAM Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.=
net>
wrote:

> On Fri, 2026-07-10 at 10:20 +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> > > 1. Reinstall the guest.
> >
> > No way. 20 VMs with heavily modified windows 7.
>
> That's really annoying. I hope someone can give you some helpful advice.
>
> I actually have Winows XP (32 bit), Windows 7 (64 bit), Windows 10 (64
> bit), and Windows 11 (64 bit) guest on VirtualBox on an Arch Linux host,
> among others, and I=E2=80=99ve actually already given up on the Windows X=
P and 7
> guests. Those don't boot or run anymore either, sorry, I hadn=E2=80=99t t=
hought
> of that. Aside from the fact that bhyve and QUEMU/KVM are in many ways
> superior to VirtualBox, VirtualBox does have some nice advantages,
> though in my case, they didn't help with Windows XP and 7 either.
> Luckily, I don't rely on software that no longer runs on newer Windows
> versions than XP and 7. It's annoying when you have to rely on that kind
> of software. I also have no idea if there's any layer to get that kind
> of software to run on Windows 11.
>
> Sorry, I actually focused on edk2 and didn't take Windows 7 into
> account.
>
>

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Mario.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><span>---&gt;=C2=A0</span>That&#39;s really annoying.=
 I hope someone can give you some helpful advice.</div><div><br></div><div>=
<pre id=3D"m_1449762252495212061gmail-tw-target-text" role=3D"text" style=
=3D"text-align:left" dir=3D"ltr" aria-label=3D"Translated text: I&#39;m cur=
ious to try virtualizing Windows 7 with qemu accelerated with bhyve."><font=
 size=3D"4"><span lang=3D"en">I&#39;m curious to try virtualizing Windows 7=
 with my implementation of qemu<br>accelerated with bhyve. But why Windows =
7 ? What&#39;s special about it ?</span></font></pre></div></div><br><div c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 10, =
2026 at 11:06=E2=80=AFAM Ralf Mardorf &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ralf-mardorf@ri=
seup.net" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div=
><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border=
-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Fri, 2026-07-10 at 10=
:20 +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:<br>
&gt; &gt; 1. Reinstall the guest.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; No way. 20 VMs with heavily modified windows 7.<br>
<br>
That&#39;s really annoying. I hope someone can give you some helpful advice=
.<br>
<br>
I actually have Winows XP (32 bit), Windows 7 (64 bit), Windows 10 (64<br>
bit), and Windows 11 (64 bit) guest on VirtualBox on an Arch Linux host,<br=
>
among others, and I=E2=80=99ve actually already given up on the Windows XP =
and 7<br>
guests. Those don&#39;t boot or run anymore either, sorry, I hadn=E2=80=99t=
 thought<br>
of that. Aside from the fact that bhyve and QUEMU/KVM are in many ways<br>
superior to VirtualBox, VirtualBox does have some nice advantages,<br>
though in my case, they didn&#39;t help with Windows XP and 7 either.<br>
Luckily, I don&#39;t rely on software that no longer runs on newer Windows<=
br>
versions than XP and 7. It&#39;s annoying when you have to rely on that kin=
d<br>
of software. I also have no idea if there&#39;s any layer to get that kind<=
br>
of software to run on Windows 11.<br>
<br>
Sorry, I actually focused on edk2 and didn&#39;t take Windows 7 into<br>
account.<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><div><br clear=3D"all"></div><br><span class=3D"gmail_si=
gnature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature">Ma=
rio.<br></div>

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