Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 21:08:04 -0500 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: Peter <fbsdq@peterk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xen or virtualbox or vmware ? Message-ID: <4ad871310911021808x1927581ak437f2cbc55648507@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <c5c5e3fae7f9f5c8e3729df504b71030.squirrel@webmail.pknet.net> References: <c5c5e3fae7f9f5c8e3729df504b71030.squirrel@webmail.pknet.net>
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Hi On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 8:15 PM, Peter <fbsdq@peterk.org> wrote: > iH, > =A0 Trying to setup a new 'virtual' environment. > Goal is to run freebsd in a virtual environment for ease of management an= d > just because I've finally got _new_ hardware that isn't ~7++ years old. > > So far thinking of going > =A0netbsd -> xen -> freebsd/whatever [if it'll work] > or would the following be better? > =A0linux -> xen -> freebsd/whatever > or > =A0freebsd -> virtualbox -> freebsd/whatever > or [don't really care for] > =A0linux -> vmware workstation -> freebsd/whatever > =A0 =A0[my generic hardware doesn't work with esx[i]] > > Has anyone done something similar, especially the xen type of setup or > would one recommend a freebsd and virtualbox ? > What dom0 have you found to work best with xen? > > Just looking for thoughts/ideas/experience. If your end result is to run FreeBSD, why not use jails? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/jails.html --=20 Glen Barber
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