From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 31 17:32:18 2003 Return-Path: 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 DD09E16A4CE for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 17:32:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from baron.nii.net (baron.nii.net [209.113.172.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE5C743D4C for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 17:32:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wmrfreebsd@baron.nii.net) Received: (from root@localhost) by baron.nii.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA20099; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 20:32:14 -0500 Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 20:32:14 -0500 Message-Id: <200401010132.UAA20099@baron.nii.net> From: wmrfreebsd@nii.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD as host OS for VMWare 4.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: wmrfreebsd@nii.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 01:32:19 -0000 >Anyone have any success getting VMWare 4.0 (Linux Version) to run on >FreeBSD Current (i.e. as host OS)? > >What versions of VMWare do work well with FreeBSD host OS? > >-Rick The way I understand it (I may be wrong), is VMWare does its magic by hooking into the kernel (to mess with pagetables and such) and is able to achieve virtualization in an optimized way. Contrast with Bochs which is a total usermode emulator, grinding out instructions 500:1 Mike -----------------------------154481835514587190051586296331 Content-Disposition: form-data; name="send_att1"; filename="" Content-Type: application/octet-stream -----------------------------154481835514587190051586296331