Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 08:19:25 -0700 From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> To: Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.cc> Cc: John & Jennifer Reynolds <jreynold@primenet.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VMware--anyone playing with it? Message-ID: <199905171519.IAA08691@lestat.nas.nasa.gov>
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On Mon, 17 May 1999 01:11:40 -0500
Jacques Vidrine <n@nectar.cc> wrote:
> It doesn't run on FreeBSD, only on Linux and Windows NT. Pity, because
> it is very neat.
I think the Connectix Virtual PC is cooler; VMware only runs on Linux
and NT because it requires gross hacks to redirect e.g. I/O space access.
Really, a full emulator is more interesting than a virtual machine.
-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
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