From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 1 22:11:56 2007 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 8E7DC16A418 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 22:11:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsilver@chrononomicon.com) Received: from trans-warp.net (hyperion.trans-warp.net [216.37.208.37]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B40B13C491 for ; Thu, 1 Nov 2007 22:11:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsilver@chrononomicon.com) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unverified [65.193.73.208]) by trans-warp.net (SurgeMail 3.8f2) with ESMTP id 141231377-1860479 for ; Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:52:25 -0400 Message-ID: <4729DA01.9080208@chrononomicon.com> Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:52:01 -0400 From: Bart Silverstrim User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <47272BAE.5020007@chrononomicon.com> <20071031164542.GB96307@aleph.cepheid.org> In-Reply-To: <20071031164542.GB96307@aleph.cepheid.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authenticated-User: bsilver@chrononomicon.com Subject: Re: Virtualization 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: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:11:56 -0000 Erik Osterholm wrote: > On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 11:57:20PM +0100, Ivan Voras wrote: >> There's a donation box on >> http://www.rsync.net/resources/notices/2007cb.html for developers to get >> VMWare Workstation working on FreeBSD but the status of the project is >> unknown. There's also some indication someone is working on VirtualBox >> but that's probably in very early stages (and besides that, VirtualBox >> doesn't work reliably). > > I have to disagree with the last VirtualBox comment. It seems to work > quite well for the operating systems it supports (mostly Linux and > Windows as guests.) Sadly, FreeBSD as a guest just doesn't seem to > fly. From the sounds of it, if you're looking to host other server environments, FreeBSD isn't a solution to really consider. If you're looking to just test some configurations periodically, FreeBSD has some options, but not as many as Linux :-( Thanks for the information, everyone.