On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:37:11 -0700, Bill Tillman wrote: > I've been looking into setting up some Linux servers but instead I'm > thinking that I could use Virtual Box on my FreeBSD servers to do this. > I would like some seasoned advice from others on the following before > proceeding: > > 1. As I understand it you can install Virtual Box from the ports > collection. But then I see the instructions in the Handbook: > > To launch VirtualBox, type from a Xorg session: > % VirtualBox So am I to assume the only way to run Virtual Box is to > have Xorg installed and running on the FreeBSD server? Which is a drag > because my current FreeBSD servers are exactly that, servers, and do not > have the fancy video cards, monitors, etc.. to run Xorg. Is there an > alternative to running the interface from Xorg. I'm a command line > fanatic when it comes to servers. Or would I be able to install Xvnc or > something like that and run it from one of my Windows 7 machines which > has all the fancy video capabilities? > > > 2. Once installed, I will be able to install something like Fedora or > openSUSE? These will only be installed as server so I can run databases > like MySQL in the Linux environment. The client I'm working for insists > on using SUSE...no FreeBSD allowed. They think it's poison and are very > biased on this so there's no talking them out of it. I need to gain > experience using these databases on Linux, not FreeBSD. > > 3. I'm going to buy a 1 TB SATA drive for this setup. It will be running > on an AMD64 server with FreeBSD 9.x or whatever is the latest release as > of this weekend. > > 4. There is also a Plan 'B' to go the other way. Since I already have > two i7 machines running Windows 7, perhaps it might be better to install > the Windows version of Virtual Box or even VMWare and create my > instances of Linux on one or even both of these machines. >
1. No you don't need X -you can run headless on the server. The VirtualBox manual gives details of this. 2. Yes, that's the whole point of virtual machines. 3. 9.1 is fine. 4. No comment. I don't use Windows (and prefer to keep it that way); only Unix, FreeBSD and Linux. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
