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Date:      Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:44:56 -0500
From:      Peter Beckman <beckman@angryox.com>
To:        Erich Dollansky <erich@alogreentechnologies.com>
Cc:        Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: so, FreeBSD on VMware is dead, right?
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201222343380.99327@nog.angryox.com>
In-Reply-To: <201201220815.36115.erich@alogreentechnologies.com>
References:  <4F1B1C45.60902@freebsd.org> <20120121161024.444a11c2@scorpio> <201201220815.36115.erich@alogreentechnologies.com>

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On Sun, 22 Jan 2012, Erich Dollansky wrote:

> I wonder why I should run FreeBSD under VMware.

  There is some Dell Blade Hardware that I could not get to run FreeBSD 8.
  So I installed ESXi and installed FreeBSD as a VM so I didn't have to
  switch providers.  It works OK.

> I do not know anybody who runs FreeBSD in a VM. All run it native on their machines.

  I run two.  But I use ESXi (the free version); I only have paid for VMware
  Fusion.

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