Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:23:37 -0700 (MST) From: "Peter" <fbsdq@peterk.org> To: "Glen Barber" <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: Peter <fbsdq@peterk.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xen or virtualbox or vmware ? Message-ID: <12521765e8ea424f9c78a5465a32f6f3.squirrel@webmail.pknet.net> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310911021808x1927581ak437f2cbc55648507@mail.gmail.com> References: <c5c5e3fae7f9f5c8e3729df504b71030.squirrel@webmail.pknet.net> <4ad871310911021808x1927581ak437f2cbc55648507@mail.gmail.com>
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> Hi > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Peter <fbsdq@peterk.org> wrote: >> iH, >> Trying to setup a new 'virtual' environment. >> Goal is to run freebsd in a virtual environment for ease of management >> and >> just because I've finally got _new_ hardware that isn't ~7++ years old. >> >> So far thinking of going >> netbsd -> xen -> freebsd/whatever [if it'll work] >> or would the following be better? >> linux -> xen -> freebsd/whatever >> or >> freebsd -> virtualbox -> freebsd/whatever >> or [don't really care for] >> linux -> vmware workstation -> freebsd/whatever >> [my generic hardware doesn't work with esx[i]] >> >> Has anyone done something similar, especially the xen type of setup or >> would one recommend a freebsd and virtualbox ? >> What dom0 have you found to work best with xen? >> >> Just looking for thoughts/ideas/experience. > > If your end result is to run FreeBSD, why not use jails? > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/jails.html > > > -- > Glen Barber Have jails now, wanted to try something new - and prolly run freebsd/windows/linux/whatever on that box also for the fun of it. ]Peter[
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