From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 8 06:33:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09940106564A for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2008 06:33:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from numardbsd@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C35E58FC1F for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2008 06:33:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from numardbsd@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id f9so920835rvb.7 for ; Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:33:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:face:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=lLTPdOZ2przohBhZU4JyN0uoyuYoZTX4x3kAr6KH9o4=; b=YgoBkg7C0NI0ccSjM2jGuC2LROIFzH63Wwr+lJ7zJhmK9lBBlaDf4dZOgCotbO14vZ d6OruJnSyfq9aRoyLJpHEPDLZPbhaAANqt0cagR9pBCA1zgg3N9hoW75SjLxeTyPBPgD KqR6AiE/khnaE5kxV7OZ0gOy10aOGKleQ8Va0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :face:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=BNNjE2u/UGP3tqmHzpOTvajt/ua09O9qZIO7tWMbtCgD+2iBtBGlnyzbbRoDylDFMQ 66itxd6cXC9nwT2In5fLHZXOMjgUZM2E7aDOVKI4qzlJ9qWlWNQ6P/91cT1s7dZS6PDm zAPBEvVl5N3Z19aDslx6va6kBh0SJLcZ+REdI= Received: by 10.141.170.10 with SMTP id x10mr1496646rvo.5.1228716784576; Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:13:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from ayiin (124-170-44-86.dyn.iinet.net.au [124.170.44.86]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b8sm25575188rvf.3.2008.12.07.22.12.58 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:13:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 17:12:45 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081208171245.4271ca86@ayiin> In-Reply-To: <200812050913.00889.fjwcash@gmail.com> References: <49376544.70006@redhat.com> <20081204070239.X80401@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net> <4938DF2A.6080409@unile.it> <200812050913.00889.fjwcash@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i386-portbld-freebsd7.1) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Virtual machine on freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:33:29 -0000 On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 09:13:00 -0800 Freddie Cash wrote: > On December 4, 2008 11:58 pm Antonio Tommasi wrote: > > Hi to all, > > i want to install a virtual machine on my FreeBSD 7.0 box. Can you tell > > me which is the better sofware to do this? Antonio, you would have received more answers if you asked in the right forum ( questions@). > > For a FreeBSD host, QEmu is the best supported option. > > There's also Win4BSD, which is a customised/modified version of QEmu. I've > seen several reports online of this being better/faster than QEmu. I've > never personally been able to get it to work, though. Works ok, though I don't think it's that so much faster than QEmu that makes it worth going through the effort of recreating your VMs.... YMMV. > > And that's pretty much it if you want full-OS virtualisation (ie, the VMs > have their own OS). If you don't need that, and just want to run multiple > FreeBSD setups on one host, have a look at jail(8). > - VMWare Workstation {very old version} is in ports. You need an *old* license from vmware...no idea how well it works. - http://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/Xen - still not production ready. Check the archives of questions@ for more threads on this subject. cheers, B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome If you were supposed to understand it, we wouldn't call it 'code'. I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.