Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:42:34 -0600 (CST) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Se=E1n_C=2E_Farley?= <sean-freebsd@farley.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VMware host on stable? Message-ID: <20060216153618.A51965@thor.farley.org> In-Reply-To: <20060215230908.831354cf.dick@nagual.st> References: <43F381A5.9090204@protected-networks.net> <43F39A0B.3040609@samsco.org> <20060215230908.831354cf.dick@nagual.st>
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On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, dick hoogendijk wrote: > On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:15:55 -0700 > Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> wrote: > >> Michael Butler wrote: >>> What is the most recent version of VMware known to work on 6.x in >>> host mode so as to be able to run windoze as a guest? >>> >>> Anyone tried 5.5 on 6.x yet? .. or the time-limited beta (expires >>> ~July) of VMware server (free! at >>> http://www.vmware.com/products/server)? >> >> I have the same question. I've been looking at porting the 5.5 vmmon >> module, but haven't had time yet to start. All I really need is the >> ability to run an existing vmware image. And no, qemu and xen and >> all that is not an option. > > You're entitled to your POV, of course. But I dare say that *on > FreeBSD* Qemu (w/ kqemu) is far better than any build of vmware I've > ever seen. Any reason why qemu is "not an option"? Referring to VMWare 5, QEMU+KQEMU is much slower than VMWare until the -kernel-kqemu option[1] is complete. This is ignoring VMWare 5's very quick snapshot functionality. I use dd to "snapshot" QEMU images. I keep hoping Parallels[2] will release a FreeBSD host for their workstation product, which is only $50. Seán 1. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2006-02/msg00110.html 2. http://www.parallels.com/ -- sean-freebsd@farley.orghome | help
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