Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 00:41:43 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VMWare Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903160040250.291-100000@s204m82.isp.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.10.9903161651390.29954-100000@bragg>
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The coolest thing would be to be able to run an OS under the control of
another copy of itself fro single stepping etc.
A bit like the 2 machine debugging, but with one machine..
julian
On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> Check out www.vmware.com - this is a product which allows concurrent execution
> of multiple operating systems on x86, by running under a "host" OS which
> manages one or more "guest" OSes and presents them with their own private
> virtual machine (like some of the old mainframes).
>
> Currently the only host OS version is for Linux (still in beta), and Windows
> NT and FreeBSD host versions are in development (I have it on good authority
> that the FreeBSD version will be released soon). FreeBSD isn't listed on the
> website, but one of my friends is involved in the beta program and assures me
> it's coming.
>
> On the Guest OS side, they claim support for {Free,Net,Open}BSD, Linux, NT,
> Win9x, DOS, BeOS, and Solaris 7.
>
> Cost for the full version is $300, although for non-commercial and student use
> it's $99. My friend has been raving about the quality of this product - it
> certainly does look promising.
>
> Kris
>
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