Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 16:01:16 +0200 From: Didier Wiroth <didier.wiroth@mcesr.etat.lu> To: 'Grant' <orblists@thingysrealm.myftp.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: vmware alternative for freebsd? Message-ID: <0IF700M1E5M73250@store.etat.lu> In-Reply-To: <000001c544e5$cc574c80$c10415ac@main.net.brooklands.ac.uk>
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Hey, Thank you for your answer! I will have a look a qemu. But I don't think it is as professional as I need it. Actually I'm working witn xp and windows vmware. I use it for testing unattended installation CDs, service packs etc..., new windows netware client testing, software testing etc... and use "a lot" the vmware snapshot functionality. I would like to switch my personal OS to freebsd but I can't as I really need a descent vmware-like simulator. Imprisoned in Windows ;-(( Thank you Regards Didier ------ Hey, There is a few out there for fbsd.. but the only one I have used with success is qemu. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/emulators/qemu/pkg-descr Its quite quick, but I feel it isn't as quick as vmware is/was. But it is something to look at, if its just simple things you need from it it will be fine, but anything CPU heavy I find its not great on. Another one that you might want to look at is bochs http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/emulators/bochs/pkg-descr I cant really say much about this one, I've tried it before but never got anywhere, so it might be good for what you need. Or it might be rubbish :) Anyways gotta do some work :) Bye. Grant.
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