From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 5 02:25:42 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 8B86916A4DD for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 02:25:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from d.hill@yournetplus.com) Received: from admin.mwci.net (corp.yournetplus.com [162.42.148.121]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A84F43D46 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 02:25:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from d.hill@yournetplus.com) Received: from duane.dbq.yournetplus.com (account d.hill@yournetplus.com [65.124.230.214] verified) by admin.mwci.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 42870287; Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:25:37 +0000 Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 02:25:59 +0000 From: Duane Hill X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1108188634.20060905022559@yournetplus.com> To: Peter In-Reply-To: <20060904210044.80717.qmail@web60113.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060904210044.80717.qmail@web60113.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: requesting advice on freebsd as vmware guest X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Duane Hill List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:25:42 -0000 On Monday, September 4, 2006 at 9:00:44 PM, Peter confabulated: > Hi, > I have XP (3 GHz Pentium and 1.5 MB RAM) running at work and would like > to have access to a FBSD system within it. I am not sure which vmware > product to install. I believe vmware server is good if you need remote > connections (something I do not require at this point). There is also > workstation and player. So I'm looking for advice on the basic recipe > as well as any common pitfalls. > Peter I currently am running VMWare Workstation v5.5.2 on my XP Pro at home with a 3.2Ghz Pentium and 4 Gig of ram. I use it mainly for a test bed. In my current testing of some things for work, I have four FreeBSD v6.1 servers set up. It runs nice with the extra memory. Prior to the memory upgrade, things ran extreamly slow once I brought the second virtual server up. As far as VMWare's Server, it is a free download (at least for now). I did have that loaded once. I found it to be really slow booting an OS over the Internet. I've pretty much given up on it because of the slowness. I like the idea of being able to boot a virtual machine over the Internet and having access to it. To the host, it runs in the background. You use either the installable console version of the client or you can access the host via a web browser. Once the OS is booted, you can disconnect from it and leave it running in the background. Whenever you want to manage the virtual server, you connect in and it's there. I would imagine this will only get better over time. Workstation has come along way since the free version was last offered (3+ years ago I believe). -- "This message was sent using 100% recycled electrons."