Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2015 12:36:57 +0000 From: Tom Storey <tom@snnap.net> To: zep <zgreenfelder@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System to install FreeBSD Message-ID: <CAFDgZgV173ctmQjxpWEbHMz2SMC_f6vQKMgMiy39=kK4P_WfEw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <54ECD686.7000504@gmail.com> References: <CAAtTLRpnSjCKeoiDKaWmzJi=OvhS0SS7hPyX0kkH2S97jbg_Fw@mail.gmail.com> <54ECD686.7000504@gmail.com>
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On 24 February 2015 at 19:52, zep <zgreenfelder@gmail.com> wrote: > use virtulization I would agree with this. Since it is for training, save yourself the money and run a hypervisor on your existing PC or laptop. I personally use VMware Fusion on my Mac, but there are plenty of others available as zep mentioned. You then have the option to spin up as many other VMs as you need to test different scenarios, and take snapshots before making large complicated changes so you can roll back easily if you stuff up. :-) If you must have another physical machine, you dont have to buy brand new. Save yourself the money and grab something second hand from the local pawn shop or off ebay etc. Anything within the last 10 years is likely to be more than adequate for training purposes, especially if you only plan to work on the CLI (and as long as your work doesnt involve heavy processing tasks.) And at that, once on the network you can go headless and just use SSH or an X client so you dont need additional monitors/keyboards/etc either.
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