From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 14 02:16:15 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 3123316A4A7 for ; Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:16:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@voidcaptain.com) Received: from mx4.x15.net (mx4.x15.net [69.55.237.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF43243D46 for ; Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:16:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@voidcaptain.com) Received: from j1.x15.net [63.196.213.76] by mx4.x15.net with ESMTP id 608060222X1GYZ4O000Jd1V8; Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:16:13 +0000 Message-ID: <4530484E.1090001@voidcaptain.com> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 19:15:42 -0700 From: Pete Slagle MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bill Moran References: <4D9611F5D2ACC24086B59D10BBBE54790B9EAE76@dlebir_ex1.dluk.net> <20061013100618.71b92292.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <20061013100618.71b92292.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, "Davison, Robert" Subject: Re: VMWare 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: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:16:15 -0000 Bill Moran wrote: > In response to "Davison, Robert" : > >> I'm looking to run VMware on my FreeBSD box and note that version 3 is in the ports. >> >> I've not tried running Linux software ontop of FreeBSD, but how easy is it to download the free VMware Server software off their site and install so I get the most recent version, and more importantly a free one. >> >> Is it just a case of downloading and installing the binary through the usual route or is it a bit more complex ? > > What's wrong with your email? I got a bunch of HTML at the end? > > Anyway, VMWare is a special case. It's got hooks deep into the Linux > network drivers that (as far as I know) are a showstopper that prevents > VMWare from running under the Linuxulator. > > If you learn differently, I'd love to hear it, but it's not possible > as far as I know. Every time I attend a trade show at which VMware has a booth, I always stop by to ask about any plans for supporting VM hosting on FreeBSD, and to encourage the thought. No one has ever given the slightest indication that this is even remotely likely to happen in the foreseeable future. The usual reason given is that FreeBSD's market share does not come close to justifying the VMware company resources that would be required to support it. Couldn't hurt to keep bugging 'em though.