From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 16 08:29:16 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AA6F106566C for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:29:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from smtpq2.groni1.gr.home.nl (smtpq2.groni1.gr.home.nl [213.51.130.201]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50BC48FC14 for ; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:29:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from [213.51.130.190] (port=51324 helo=smtp1.groni1.gr.home.nl) by smtpq2.groni1.gr.home.nl with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JaoEz-00018K-Qv; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:29:13 +0100 Received: from cp268254-a.landg1.lb.home.nl ([84.25.65.88]:5000 helo=ra.egypt.nl) by smtp1.groni1.gr.home.nl with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JaoEz-0000OV-7n; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:29:13 +0100 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (xp.egypt.nl [192.168.13.35]) by ra.egypt.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6346339877; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:29:12 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <47DCDA58.6080008@boosten.org> Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:29:12 +0100 From: Peter Boosten User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ted Mittelstaedt References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080315-0, 03/15/2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) Cc: Terry Sposato , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VMWare Tools for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:29:16 -0000 Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > Are you asking if FreeBSD can be made to run the ESX software so that > a FreeBSD server can virtualize multiple systems, or are you asking > if an ESX server can create a virtual machine that FreeBSD can run in? > > If your using the commercial ESX product I would assume you would be > using it on it's own "bare metal" product incarnation which I think > uses a hacked-up version of Linux (without a compiler or any other > normal Linux tools). In that case I do not see why you would have > a problem running multiple FreeBSD virtual servers on the ESX > server. > That's not what OP is asking. He wants to run FreeBSD as VM in ESX. There's currently no support from VMWare for FreeBSD, but it runs anyway. Peter -- http://www.boosten.org