From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 20 16:38:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4861D16A4DD for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:38:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsdserver@bsdserver.com.br) Received: from nitrobsd.bsdserver.com.br (dns.bsdserver.com.br [200.215.210.211]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87EFB43D49 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:38:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsdserver@bsdserver.com.br) Received: from webmail.bsdserver.com.br (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nitrobsd.bsdserver.com.br (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6KGcGZI071540 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:38:16 -0300 (BRT) (envelope-from bsdserver@bsdserver.com.br) From: "BSDServer Redes e Servidores" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:38:16 -0300 Message-Id: <20060720163606.M51102@bsdserver.com.br> In-Reply-To: <20060720151116.H92304@cgate.yournetplus.com> References: <6e4453640607192136l35f697bdie98468d305ebaed@mail.gmail.com> <1153376854.44bf22567478c@196.22.132.16> <20060720063509.P40165@cgate.yournetplus.com> <20060720153941.0437a7e8@dansknet.dk> <20060720151116.H92304@cgate.yournetplus.com> X-Mailer: OpenWebMail 2.52 20060502 X-OriginatingIP: 200.96.72.178 (bsdserver) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Subject: Re: vmware / vmplayer on freebsd? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:38:20 -0000 I had success using VMWare 3 on a FreeBSD to run windows Xp inside it. And let's not forget our other options, like qemu and boch... (when it fits, of course ;-) Regards... -- Rafael Mentz Aquino BSDServer Ltda. 51 - 9847 8825 ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Duane Hill To: Rico Secada Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:13:05 +0000 (WET) Subject: Re: vmware / vmplayer on freebsd? > On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, Rico Secada wrote: > > > On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:39:28 +0000 (WET) > > Duane Hill wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, cknipe@savage.za.org wrote: > >> > >>> As far as I'm aware, VMWare only supports FreeBSD as a Guest OS, not as a Host > >>> OS. i.e. you can't run VMWare itself on FreeBSD, but you can run FreeBSD > >>> inside VMWare.. > >> > >> That would be correct. I own a copy of VMWare for Windows and use it > >> extensively to test out different scenarios with FreeBSD before touching > >> our production server. Works like a charm! > > > > That is not correct! > > > > We use VMWare3 from ports on a FreeBSD machine at our datacenter and it's running Windows XP perfectly. VMWare3 from ports supports FreeBSD as a host perfectly. > > Yes. That is true. However, to take advantage of the new features > that are provided in the latest v5.5, there isn't a way. Not only do > they have that documented on their site, I've also spoken with > someone prior to me purchasing the product. > > -- > "This message was sent using 100% recycled electrons." > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ------- End of Original Message -------