On Jan 5, 2006, at 8:07 AM, Kielek, Samuel wrote:
Rick, I have never actually tested this, but vmware ESX runs directly on the hardware (no host OS required)
Actually, it's running on top of a stripped-down Red Hat.
and may be able to run an instance of vmware as a guest. I'm struggling to come up with a reason why this would be a useful thing to do however..
For testing and DR purposes, one presumes, just like running z/VM second-level. Of course, getting a whole xSeries all to yourself for testing is a lot easier than getting a whole zSeries LPAR. Adam ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
