Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:27:34 +0200 From: cknipe@savage.za.org To: Erin Sharmahd <tuxgirl@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware / vmplayer on freebsd? Message-ID: <1153376854.44bf22567478c@196.22.132.16> In-Reply-To: <6e4453640607192136l35f697bdie98468d305ebaed@mail.gmail.com> References: <6e4453640607192136l35f697bdie98468d305ebaed@mail.gmail.com>
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As far as I'm aware, VMWare only supports FreeBSD as a Guest OS, not as a Host OS. i.e. you can't run VMWare itself on FreeBSD, but you can run FreeBSD inside VMWare.. Quoting Erin Sharmahd <tuxgirl@gmail.com>: > I'm trying to find some info on google on using vmware server or > vmplayer on freebsd. In essence, one of my classes is expecting us to > do some windows work, and i'd like to do it in vmware or something > similar so that I don't have to actually install windows.... > > Is it even possible currently to use the most recent version of vmware > or vmplayer on freebsd? I saw a port for vmware3, but in talking to a > friend, he said that's really old... > > Thanks, > > ~Erin > > -- > http://www.tuxgirl.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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