Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:29:12 +0100 From: Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Terry Sposato <terry@comtron.com.au>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VMWare Tools for FreeBSD Message-ID: <47DCDA58.6080008@boosten.org> In-Reply-To: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCEEHNCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCEEHNCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > Are you asking if FreeBSD can be made to run the ESX software so that > a FreeBSD server can virtualize multiple systems, or are you asking > if an ESX server can create a virtual machine that FreeBSD can run in? > > If your using the commercial ESX product I would assume you would be > using it on it's own "bare metal" product incarnation which I think > uses a hacked-up version of Linux (without a compiler or any other > normal Linux tools). In that case I do not see why you would have > a problem running multiple FreeBSD virtual servers on the ESX > server. > That's not what OP is asking. He wants to run FreeBSD as VM in ESX. There's currently no support from VMWare for FreeBSD, but it runs anyway. Peter -- http://www.boosten.org
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