From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 9 03:37:55 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 2C468106566C for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 03:37:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.copeland@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f17.google.com (mail-gx0-f17.google.com [209.85.217.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B970B8FC08 for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2008 03:37:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.copeland@gmail.com) Received: by gxk10 with SMTP id 10so9455655gxk.19 for ; Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:37:53 -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 :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=f6CzcdxsIC13jvIpYH/kWAV9a8GDY8W3UCODOQ5pxqY=; b=RSiIXDK2Cf9z3tJM2w55zce5EDtdDMxDu2B4i3CxnpF+8QiPv0HHep3rYvSgHIowAU 4NHUEytjajidf42TgkfGj+9xBiFLZ09MmZpc/MafjjQy8H7yHryJ9T2r7qF/1DcXAVjN X22HhN62mSwcTBlEjPficJaIis7asiomRbx7s= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=G12AysHCrCMrdsjWVjzCYZWNnOrGWgHzW7BpCm9SWMYVoJ8YlxZtGTchPNeM+hGMqh hvhwm8dHpYR28tL6WFciGOMOgmfKckKrErcRC4xxZaEgdMEVCU4OgWyiuAoDWxFsdU3A 4eYeVxa9KuVAlizyIizy56/MG/uR4xgQyazfs= Received: by 10.151.144.15 with SMTP id w15mr3306776ybn.208.1220931473462; Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:37:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?173.6.93.6? ( [173.6.93.6]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k41sm7927698rnd.6.2008.09.08.20.37.48 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:37:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48C5EF82.8000904@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:37:38 -0400 From: Michael User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Derek Ragona References: <6.0.0.22.2.20080908221910.025e3508@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20080908221910.025e3508@mail.computinginnovations.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Virtual machines hosted on FreeBSD 7 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: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:37:55 -0000 Derek Ragona wrote: > I have a FreeBSD 7 release I wanted to use as a host for virtual > machines. What software is anyone else using to host virtual machines > under FreeBSD? > > I'd just like to here what has worked, or what has not worked. I find > it easier to find a solution asking for real world experiences. > > Thanks for your help. > > > > -Derek > derek@computinginnovations.com > > > >> In my honest opinion, there aren't many good ways of doing what I think you're wanting. VMware is a no go for now, or probably any time soon. I don't think virtualbox is running on freebsd yet. You could use jails, for just other freebsd installs, not really a VM so to speak. bochs is crap for this purpose, simics doesn't run on it worth a crap either. If I were you, I would use something else. say a hypervisor running on bare hardware, ie: VMware ESX, or similar. I would say xen if it was ready, but I don't think it is. Cheers Mate, Mike