From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 20 06:27:44 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0234916A4DE for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:27:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cknipe@savage.za.org) Received: from www16b.your-server.co.za (www16b.your-server.co.za [196.22.132.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18C1643D49 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:27:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cknipe@savage.za.org) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=localhost) by www16b.your-server.co.za with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G3S0U-0007Pt-H2; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:27:36 +0200 Received: from vc-196-207-40-213.3g.vodacom.co.za (vc-196-207-40-213.3g.vodacom.co.za [196.207.40.213]) by default.your-server.co.za (IMP) with HTTP for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:27:34 +0200 Message-ID: <1153376854.44bf22567478c@196.22.132.16> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:27:34 +0200 From: cknipe@savage.za.org To: Erin Sharmahd References: <6e4453640607192136l35f697bdie98468d305ebaed@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6e4453640607192136l35f697bdie98468d305ebaed@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.5 X-Originating-IP: 196.207.40.213 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware / vmplayer on 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: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:27:44 -0000 As far as I'm aware, VMWare only supports FreeBSD as a Guest OS, not as a Host OS. i.e. you can't run VMWare itself on FreeBSD, but you can run FreeBSD inside VMWare.. Quoting Erin Sharmahd : > I'm trying to find some info on google on using vmware server or > vmplayer on freebsd. In essence, one of my classes is expecting us to > do some windows work, and i'd like to do it in vmware or something > similar so that I don't have to actually install windows.... > > Is it even possible currently to use the most recent version of vmware > or vmplayer on freebsd? I saw a port for vmware3, but in talking to a > friend, he said that's really old... > > Thanks, > > ~Erin > > -- > http://www.tuxgirl.com > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >