Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:52:01 -0400 From: Bart Silverstrim <bsilver@chrononomicon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Virtualization Message-ID: <4729DA01.9080208@chrononomicon.com> In-Reply-To: <20071031164542.GB96307@aleph.cepheid.org> References: <47272BAE.5020007@chrononomicon.com> <fg8csj$vak$1@ger.gmane.org> <20071031164542.GB96307@aleph.cepheid.org>
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Erik Osterholm wrote: > On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 11:57:20PM +0100, Ivan Voras wrote: >> There's a donation box on >> http://www.rsync.net/resources/notices/2007cb.html for developers to get >> VMWare Workstation working on FreeBSD but the status of the project is >> unknown. There's also some indication someone is working on VirtualBox >> but that's probably in very early stages (and besides that, VirtualBox >> doesn't work reliably). > > I have to disagree with the last VirtualBox comment. It seems to work > quite well for the operating systems it supports (mostly Linux and > Windows as guests.) Sadly, FreeBSD as a guest just doesn't seem to > fly. From the sounds of it, if you're looking to host other server environments, FreeBSD isn't a solution to really consider. If you're looking to just test some configurations periodically, FreeBSD has some options, but not as many as Linux :-( Thanks for the information, everyone.
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