Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 10:40:55 +0800 From: ke han <ke.han@redstarling.com> To: Eric Schuele <e.schuele@computer.org> Cc: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: requesting advice on freebsd as vmware guest Message-ID: <8B1D861C-E584-4558-A96D-E54EC42D1522@redstarling.com> In-Reply-To: <44FCDBBE.8080309@computer.org> References: <20060904210044.80717.qmail@web60113.mail.yahoo.com> <44FCDBBE.8080309@computer.org>
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Sounds like you want something almost as good as VMware "Workstation", but free...thats VMware "Server". VMware "Player" is really for static distribution purposes; doesn't allow you to snapshot or create VMs. I'm using VMware Server for FreeBSD 6.1 on Win XP now...works great!! ke han On Sep 5, 2006, at 10:06 AM, Eric Schuele wrote: > On 09/04/2006 16:00, Peter wrote: >> 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. > > Have you considered "Virtual PC" from MS? I believe its free. > >> 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 >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ >> 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" > > > -- > Regards, > Eric > _______________________________________________ > 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"
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