I had success using VMWare 3 on a FreeBSD to run windows Xp inside it. And let's not forget our other options, like qemu and boch... (when it fits, of course ;-)
Regards... -- Rafael Mentz Aquino BSDServer Ltda. 51 - 9847 8825 ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Duane Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Rico Secada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:13:05 +0000 (WET) Subject: Re: vmware / vmplayer on freebsd? > On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, Rico Secada wrote: > > > On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:39:28 +0000 (WET) > > Duane Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>> 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.. > >> > >> That would be correct. I own a copy of VMWare for Windows and use it > >> extensively to test out different scenarios with FreeBSD before touching > >> our production server. Works like a charm! > > > > That is not correct! > > > > We use VMWare3 from ports on a FreeBSD machine at our datacenter and it's running Windows XP perfectly. VMWare3 from ports supports FreeBSD as a host perfectly. > > Yes. That is true. However, to take advantage of the new features > that are provided in the latest v5.5, there isn't a way. Not only do > they have that documented on their site, I've also spoken with > someone prior to me purchasing the product. > > -- > "This message was sent using 100% recycled electrons." > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ------- End of Original Message ------- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
