From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 18 11:33:10 2005 Return-Path: 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 DDD5216A4CE for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 11:33:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dexter.starfire.mn.org (starfire.skypoint.net [66.93.17.236]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5D0243D48 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 11:33:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from john@dexter.starfire.mn.org) Received: (from john@localhost) by dexter.starfire.mn.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) id j1IBX8146502; Fri, 18 Feb 2005 05:33:08 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from john) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 05:33:08 -0600 From: John To: Abel Bartolome Message-ID: <20050218053308.E46302@starfire.mn.org> References: <20050218112900.70927.qmail@web50303.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20050218112900.70927.qmail@web50303.mail.yahoo.com>; from barocabar@yahoo.es on Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 12:29:00PM +0100 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Running VMWare over FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 11:33:11 -0000 On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 12:29:00PM +0100, Abel Bartolome wrote: > Hi guys, > > Do you know if it's possible to run VM Ware Workstation 4.5 or new 5.0 beta over FreeBSD? I know that VM Ware tech. specifications doesn't include this host operating system but maybe someone have experience with it. The company I work for bought VMware (the company) not too long ago. I specifically asked about this capability, and they said that FreeBSD runs fine as a guest operating system, but not a host. Also, the embedded operating system in ESX is a flavor of Linux. -- John Lind john@starfire.MN.ORG