Edward Pilatowicz wrote: > On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 08:21:28AM -0700, Garrett D'Amore wrote: > >> - VMWare. It would be really, really cool if I could run VMWare >> player on Solaris, or even better, the VMWare Server product. Then I >> could create virtual instances of Solaris, and also host NetBSD (or, >> gasp, even Linux!) inside VMWare. As I do kernel development of NetBSD, >> this would be really, really useful to me. >> >> There are probably other things that people want, but the VMWare product >> would immediately make most things available, and requires less overhead >> than other solutions. (I know, I could probably set up a Solaris Zone, >> run Linux in it, and host the VMWare player in it. Has anyone tried >> that? I still haven't tried Solaris Zones, but I'm also running Solaris >> 10 3/05. I suppose I should upgrade...) >> >> > > vmware won't work in lx branded zones becaouse it requires a special > driver that is not available on solaris. (Linux emulation in branded > zones is done at the system call level so we can't run linux drivers.) > > ed >
Thanks for the info. I suspected that this _might_ be the case, but I hadn't researched vmware before. So, I really want VMware on Solaris. :-) I noticed that Andy Tucker of Solaris engineering fame has moved to VMWare. I consider this a big loss for Sun, but hopefully at least he is can be a champion for Solaris at VMWare. I posted this particular question on his blog today. I will let folks know what I hear back, if anything. -- Garrett D'Amore, Principal Software Engineer Tadpole Computer / Computing Technologies Division, General Dynamics C4 Systems http://www.tadpolecomputer.com/ Phone: 951 325-2134 Fax: 951 325-2191
