From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 19 04:40:16 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D04B616A41A for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:40:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 878EE13C455 for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:40:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 14041 invoked from network); 18 Oct 2007 23:13:35 -0500 Received: from 124-170-81-51.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (124.170.81.51) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 18 Oct 2007 23:13:34 -0500 Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:13:31 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: Predrag Punosevac Message-ID: <20071019141331.7f5e37a8@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <4717DA89.4080502@math.arizona.edu> References: <47179FB5.60606@flosoft-systems.com> <4717DA89.4080502@math.arizona.edu> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org, "Aryeh M. Friedman" Subject: Re: best way to run vista inside 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: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:40:16 -0000 On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:13:29 -0700 Predrag Punosevac wrote: > Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > > I want to run vista (windows) on my freebsd (amd64) machine without > > rebooting what is better wine or an vm emulator (if so which one... I > > know how to use vmware but never done so on a *nix machine) > > > I do not have Windows on any of my machines but I have heard that > Win4BSD is really good. It is not free! I believe it is about > $45. $45 is far cheaper than EMC's VMWare workstation edition. Does it support Vista now? interesting..you can also try QEMu, on which Win4BSD is partly based . btw, I thought vmware wkstation wouldnt work on fbsd...? has that changed? I know there is an old port hanging around, but that is quite old.. a linux license for VMWare Workstation is needed. _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to put trust in ideas, and not in circumstances." Emerson I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.