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Subject: Re: vmware alternative for freebsd?
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Didier Wiroth wrote:
> Hey, 
Please dont top-post...it makes it very hard to know what you are 
referring to
> 
> Actually I'm working witn xp and windows vmware. I use it for testing
> unattended installation CDs, service packs etc..., new windows netware
> client testing, software testing etc... and use "a lot" the vmware snapshot
> functionality.

same situation here - haven't actually had time to look seriously into 
it. Has anyone tried running the linux version under FBsd with the Linux 
compat layer?

Some other links you may want to look into:
http://www.essenz.com/support/comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc/Sep/25/205021.html 
  mentions something called plex86.

cheers,
Beto


> Thank you
> Regards
> Didier
> 
> ------
> Hey,
> 
> There is a few out there for fbsd.. but the only one I have used with
> success is qemu.
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/emulators/qemu/pkg-descr
> 
> Its quite quick, but I feel it isn't as quick as vmware is/was.
> 
[...]

> 
> Another one that you might want to look at is bochs
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/emulators/bochs/pkg-descr
>