From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Mar 16 0:52:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C19B414F45 for ; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 00:48:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA19976; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 00:42:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from s204m82.isp.whistle.com(207.76.204.82) via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpdP19950; Tue Mar 16 08:42:08 1999 Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 00:41:43 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer X-Sender: julian@s204m82.isp.whistle.com To: Kris Kennaway Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VMWare In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The coolest thing would be to be able to run an OS under the control of another copy of itself fro single stepping etc. A bit like the 2 machine debugging, but with one machine.. julian On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Kris Kennaway wrote: > Check out www.vmware.com - this is a product which allows concurrent execution > of multiple operating systems on x86, by running under a "host" OS which > manages one or more "guest" OSes and presents them with their own private > virtual machine (like some of the old mainframes). > > Currently the only host OS version is for Linux (still in beta), and Windows > NT and FreeBSD host versions are in development (I have it on good authority > that the FreeBSD version will be released soon). FreeBSD isn't listed on the > website, but one of my friends is involved in the beta program and assures me > it's coming. > > On the Guest OS side, they claim support for {Free,Net,Open}BSD, Linux, NT, > Win9x, DOS, BeOS, and Solaris 7. > > Cost for the full version is $300, although for non-commercial and student use > it's $99. My friend has been raving about the quality of this product - it > certainly does look promising. > > Kris > > ----- > (ASP) Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) announced today that the release of its > productivity suite, Office 2000, will be delayed until the first quarter > of 1901. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message