Re: FreeBSD as VM host OS?

2006-12-18 Thread James Seward
On 12/18/06, David Newman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You really need some other OS as the host OS is a perfectly valid response too. I run VMware Server on Ubuntu (one of the supported Linux host flavours, and the only one I'm prepared to put up with), hosting currently two Windows Server 2003

Re: FreeBSD as VM host OS?

2006-12-18 Thread David Newman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 12/18/06 8:32 AM, James Seward wrote: On 12/18/06, David Newman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You really need some other OS as the host OS is a perfectly valid response too. I run VMware Server on Ubuntu (one of the supported Linux host flavours,

Re: FreeBSD as VM host OS?

2006-12-18 Thread Bill Moran
In response to David Newman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: My question is whether FreeBSD is a suitable _host_ OS for any virtual machine environment, preferably with support for SMP, amd64, and guest OS speed at or close to native hardware speeds. *) jails provide virtual hosting at native speed, but

Re: FreeBSD as VM host OS?

2006-12-18 Thread Alexandre Biancalana
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Re: FreeBSD as VM host OS?

2006-12-18 Thread Garrett Cooper
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bill Moran wrote: In response to David Newman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: My question is whether FreeBSD is a suitable _host_ OS for any virtual machine environment, preferably with support for SMP, amd64, and guest OS speed at or close to native hardware

Re: FreeBSD as VM host OS?

2006-12-18 Thread Lonnie Cumberland
Hello, Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but you could also try BOCHS. It's a little slower, but runs on many platforms. Cheers, Lonnie Garrett Cooper wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bill Moran wrote: In response to David Newman [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

Re: FreeBSD as VM host OS?

2006-12-18 Thread Mario Lobo
On Monday 18 December 2006 18:19, Garrett Cooper wrote: Bill Moran wrote: In response to David Newman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: My question is whether FreeBSD is a suitable _host_ OS for any virtual machine environment, preferably with support for SMP, amd64, and guest OS speed at or close to

Re: FreeBSD as VM host OS?

2006-12-18 Thread Garrett Cooper
Mario Lobo wrote: On Monday 18 December 2006 18:19, Garrett Cooper wrote: Bill Moran wrote: In response to David Newman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: My question is whether FreeBSD is a suitable _host_ OS for any virtual machine environment, preferably with support for SMP, amd64, and

Re: FreeBSD as VM host OS?

2006-12-18 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Monday 18 December 2006 09:03, David Newman wrote: This page compares various virtual machines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_virtual_machines Unfortunately it appears very few support FreeBSD as a host OS. I would greatly appreciate advice, anecdotes, or cautionary tales of

Re: FreeBSD as VM host OS?

2006-12-18 Thread Garrett Cooper
Jonathan Horne wrote: On Monday 18 December 2006 09:03, David Newman wrote: This page compares various virtual machines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_virtual_machines Unfortunately it appears very few support FreeBSD as a host OS. I would greatly appreciate advice,

Re: FreeBSD as VM host OS?

2006-12-18 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Monday 18 December 2006 19:47, Garrett Cooper wrote: This is assuming that you have APM setup though on the client OS? I agree though, vmware is a good product in Windows / Linux. Too bad they don't directly support FreeBSD though. -Garrett well, the freebsd guests install just as normally