From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 5 02:41:02 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 E1FD116A4DA for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 02:41:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ke.han@redstarling.com) Received: from smtp105.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp105.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.200.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 713E043D49 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 02:41:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ke.han@redstarling.com) Received: (qmail 77173 invoked from network); 5 Sep 2006 02:41:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.20?) (ke.han@redstarling.com@61.170.143.25 with plain) by smtp105.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 5 Sep 2006 02:41:01 -0000 In-Reply-To: <44FCDBBE.8080309@computer.org> References: <20060904210044.80717.qmail@web60113.mail.yahoo.com> <44FCDBBE.8080309@computer.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <8B1D861C-E584-4558-A96D-E54EC42D1522@redstarling.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: ke han Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 10:40:55 +0800 To: Eric Schuele X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: Peter , 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 List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:41:03 -0000 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"