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Subject: Re: Virtualizing FreeBSD...
From: Robert Blayzor <rblayzor.bulk@inoc.net>
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On Jul 29, 2013, at 3:19 PM, Rasmus Fauske <rasmus@postboks.org> wrote:
>> I completely disagree. I've even started a ridiculously long thread
>> about FreeBSD's nonstop crashing on VMWare ESXi. We moved to entirely
>> new hardware, rebuilt the VMs from scratch, new SANs, different ESXi
>> versions, etc. Never fixed it. VMWare kept saying "not a bug" and
>> refused to support FreeBSD, even though they claim to.
>>=20
> I have been running FreeBSD on several ESXi setups and have never had =
any other problem then not so speedy io. No crashes or anything.
>=20
> What problems did you have ?


I have to second that.  I've not had any problems with FreeBSD 8.x or =
9.x on ESXi 5.x.  The only issue I've run into is lack of support for =
jumbo frames using the e1000 driver.

--=20
Robert Blayzor
INOC, LLC
rblayzor@inoc.net
http://www.inoc.net/~rblayzor/