Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:59:41 +0100 From: Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: vmware on freebsd? Message-ID: <44E1D34D.5000001@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20060815232332.40c875b3@localhost> References: <20060815065823.98826.qmail@web60119.mail.yahoo.com> <20060815232332.40c875b3@localhost>
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Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 02:58:23 -0400 (EDT) > Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> wrote: > >> Is it possible to install VMWare Server on FreeBSD 6.0? I'm looking >> for comments from people who may have done this. > > I may be completelly off the mark here...but I think the VMWare Server is more > like XEN rather than Qemu ( which is more VMWare workstation). > > AFAIK, VMWare does not support FreeBSD as a host (YES as a guest) in their > latest versions of the Workstation line. I havent heard of host as for the > Server line, but I could be wrong. > > Have you looked into Xen instead? > > Beto well I'm trying vmware3 at the moment using 6.1 as host; the port seems to build fine, and the wizard now runs to build a setup. I need to get a key in order to actually run a machine, but I think overall it will eventually run XP. Had to change my linux compatibility etc etc. The difficulty with Xen at present is that it won't run XP/Win2k etc etc which vmware will. Xen will eventually get there now that they've got agreements with M$. The real problem with these emulations is how far they are from the real hardware. USB is still "new" so I don't expect to get my usb dvbt working even if a virtual XP runs fine. I know the qemu can do some kind of device control under linux, but I suspect it's harder under freeBSD. -- Robin Becker
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