From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 12 10:05:08 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4739C16A4CE for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 10:05:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from raven.ravenbrook.com (raven.ravenbrook.com [193.82.131.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9D8043D45 for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 10:05:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nb@ravenbrook.com) Received: from thrush.ravenbrook.com (thrush.ravenbrook.com [193.112.141.145]) j3CA53U7049850 for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:05:03 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from nb@ravenbrook.com) Received: from thrush.ravenbrook.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) j3CA50Hs049904 for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:05:03 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from nb@thrush.ravenbrook.com) From: Nick Barnes To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:05:00 +0100 Message-ID: <49903.1113300300@thrush.ravenbrook.com> Sender: nb@ravenbrook.com Subject: virtual machines X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 10:05:08 -0000 I run FreeBSD as my main desktop, but occasionally have to develop, build, or test software on a variety of other x86 operating systems (mainly Windows NT 4, Windows XP Pro, and Red Hat Linux). At the moment I have a row of mini-towers and a KVM switch. I'd much rather run these other machines as virtual machines under FreeBSD. Can anyone recommend virtualizing software for FreeBSD? I don't mind having to pay, as long as it really works. I see that VMWare, for instance, is not supported on FreeBSD. I'm running 4.9-RELENG at the moment, but considering an upgrade to 5.x. Nick Barnes