From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 21 18:07:23 2008 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 34B23106564A for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:07:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com (ti-out-0910.google.com [209.85.142.188]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC00F8FC15 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:07:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from outbackdingo@gmail.com) Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id j2so485113tid.3 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:07:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=GpOPwiaFMgLqzvxaLiu4WMwisZ72FRE1NQiGSdBtb4s=; b=YS9WeMSHM5Aptaxxj5DK1hi8BVvye61ESqy9mr2bhBNjj/1ms4MGUVbl3vhGrerJPGxj3op1iFiFO4kK74kXnMPoYemwegJsW8m9BBE7Y6onnRXRV9tzBU9m9ZCF3HhvwAidJ08JeiUHXJPk7y09i0+l8YkXi61cm8NwbfXUes8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=tWFEpw8n6xZM4ohk2f3NAoW7JZ47TF3hw07qLGUtHZydSpWIb/qYosWED2J3t+uKb2VTEmUgtIa/x2sACuQB8pxdWN5wxuxL1jq9o2jfNdKccvWWmVgGG+DFuNXGitA3udoLt7eQ9ZnEtlXJtPPUSULXb/yLgQPCdEhlKuc0HyU= Received: by 10.110.47.7 with SMTP id u7mr641525tiu.58.1208801240469; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:07:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.110.93.4 with HTTP; Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:07:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5635aa0d0804211107i4485ae4dw21000c86d4037198@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:07:20 +0700 From: "Outback Dingo" To: alexus In-Reply-To: <6ae50c2d0804211100n207eb4d7jfd9a105702c9e124@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <000001c8a3cd$af7961d0$0b01a8c0@k62500> <8efc42630804211052u47d1c483m992536451406b003@mail.gmail.com> <6ae50c2d0804211100n207eb4d7jfd9a105702c9e124@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Peter Brezny , Simon Chang , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: When's FreeBSD going to catch up in the world of 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: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:07:23 -0000 rumour has it VirtualBox might have FreeBSD as host OS coming... and i wount admit i said this :) but i saw a post about a solaris build being available, and it stated FreeBSD maybe coming soon. also you can run XEN or KVM on HVM capable systems and get away from that VMWARE Pain also VirtualBox on linux as host runs FreeBSD guests, I actually have 6 FreeBSD guests running on XEN 3.21 under a Ubuntu Server OS, waiting for an HVM capable box to be delivered so i can test KVM and XEN HVM capabilities. On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 1:00 AM, alexus wrote: > there is always XEN > > or worse case scenario is jail > > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Simon Chang > wrote: > > > Now however, I'm forced to use linux as the host OS for Vmware as > there > > > currently seems to be no current support for FreeBSD as the Host OS > for > > > popular VM applications. > > > > I hear your pain. However, VMware is a commercial company one of > > whose responsibilities is their bottom line. I have heard it said > > many, many times on this and other FreeBSD discussions that, if > > commercial companies hear from the end-users and system > > administrators, they would pay more attention to the group in > > question. > > > > Sadly, to date I have not seen any organized efforts to bring to > > VMware's attention the mob of BSD users that are out there, despite > > all the boastful talks. You also see that there are no (host) support > > for Open and Net (BSD). > > > > OSS virtualization efforts are another story, as there is no "bottom > > line" as such. But you still need the manpower and manhours to do > > complicated stuff like virtualization. > > > > SC > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > -- > http://alexus.org/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >