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

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---> I don't know why anything older than Windows 10 might be a problem

maybe because *the 64-bit version of Windows 7 includes some limited UEFI
support*, and for this reason, it might not work on all hardware.

On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 12:38=E2=80=AFPM Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.=
net>
wrote:

> On Fri, 2026-07-10 at 12:12 +0200, Mario Marietto wrote:
> > 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 ?
>
> I don't know why anything older than Windows 10 might be a problem,
> since I've never looked into it in depth, for my purposes, the effort
> just didn't seem worth it. Of course, it=E2=80=99s worth noting that Micr=
osoft
> no longer supports anything older than Windows 10 at all, support for
> Windows 10 has been reduced to a minimum, and only Windows 11 is still
> properly supported. In my opinion, virtualization should be able to turn
> things around here, if not, well, then that=E2=80=99s not so great.
>
> Apparently, however, there are users who can successfully run Windows 7
> guests on FreeBSD and Linux. Unfortunately, I am not one of them.
>
>

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Mario.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>---&gt; I don&#39;t know why anything older than Wind=
ows 10 might be a problem</div><div><br></div><div>maybe because=C2=A0<span=
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"><b>the 64-bit version of Windows 7 includes some limited UEFI support</b>=
, and for this reason, it might not work on all hardware</span></span>.=C2=
=A0</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div di=
r=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 12:38=E2=80=AFPM Ral=
f Mardorf &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">ralf-mardorf@riseu=
p.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"ma=
rgin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:=
1ex">On Fri, 2026-07-10 at 12:12 +0200, Mario Marietto wrote:<br>
&gt; I&#39;m curious to try virtualizing Windows 7 with my implementation o=
f<br>
&gt; qemu accelerated with bhyve. But why Windows 7 ? What&#39;s special ab=
out<br>
&gt; it ?<br>
<br>
I don&#39;t know why anything older than Windows 10 might be a problem,<br>
since I&#39;ve never looked into it in depth, for my purposes, the effort<b=
r>
just didn&#39;t seem worth it. Of course, it=E2=80=99s worth noting that Mi=
crosoft<br>
no longer supports anything older than Windows 10 at all, support for<br>
Windows 10 has been reduced to a minimum, and only Windows 11 is still<br>
properly supported. In my opinion, virtualization should be able to turn<br=
>
things around here, if not, well, then that=E2=80=99s not so great.<br>
<br>
Apparently, however, there are users who can successfully run Windows 7<br>
guests on FreeBSD and Linux. Unfortunately, I am not one of them.<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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