From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 16 09:47:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5CAA106566B for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:47:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A46C28FC1A for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:47:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDSK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id m2G9lFu0085953; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:47:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Peter Boosten" Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:48:29 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914 In-Reply-To: <47DCDA58.6080008@boosten.org> Importance: Normal X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]); Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:47:17 -0700 (PDT) Cc: Terry Sposato , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: VMWare Tools for FreeBSD 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: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:47:21 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Boosten [mailto:peter@boosten.org] > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 12:29 AM > To: Ted Mittelstaedt > Cc: Terry Sposato; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: VMWare Tools for FreeBSD > > > > 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. > I figured that was what he was asking, but we should probably hear from him to make sure that this is really what he was asking. Unfortunately, the original post was either from someone who didn't use English as their native language, or they are paying for their Internet connection by-the-byte and were trying to make the question as short as possible, as a result, the entire meaning of the post was lost. Ted