I run FreeBSD as my main desktop, but occasionally have to develop, build, or test software on a variety of other x86 operating systems (mainly Windows NT 4, Windows XP Pro, and Red Hat Linux). At the moment I have a row of mini-towers and a KVM switch. I'd much rather run these other machines as virtual machines under FreeBSD. Can anyone recommend virtualizing software for FreeBSD? I don't mind having to pay, as long as it really works. I see that VMWare, for instance, is not supported on FreeBSD. I'm running 4.9-RELENG at the moment, but considering an upgrade to 5.x. Nick Barnes
On Apr 12, 2005 10:05 AM, Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com> wrote:> I run FreeBSD as my main desktop, but occasionally have to develop, > build, or test software on a variety of other x86 operating systems > (mainly Windows NT 4, Windows XP Pro, and Red Hat Linux). At the > moment I have a row of mini-towers and a KVM switch. I'd much rather > run these other machines as virtual machines under FreeBSD. Can > anyone recommend virtualizing software for FreeBSD? I don't mind > having to pay, as long as it really works. > > I see that VMWare, for instance, is not supported on FreeBSD. > > I'm running 4.9-RELENG at the moment, but considering an upgrade to > 5.x.Actually, VMware 3.2.1 works quite OK on 4.x. I run it on 5.4-STABLE as well, but with SMP, acpi and apic all turned off. It's annoying, but it does the job.> > Nick Barnes > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >-- If it's there, and you can see it, it's real. If it's not there, and you can see it, it's virtual. If it's there, and you can't see it, it's transparent. If it's not there, and you can't see it, you erased it.
* Nick Barnes <Nick.Barnes@pobox.com> [0405 11:05]:> I run FreeBSD as my main desktop, but occasionally have to develop, > build, or test software on a variety of other x86 operating systems > (mainly Windows NT 4, Windows XP Pro, and Red Hat Linux). At the > moment I have a row of mini-towers and a KVM switch. I'd much rather > run these other machines as virtual machines under FreeBSD. Can > anyone recommend virtualizing software for FreeBSD? I don't mind > having to pay, as long as it really works. > > I see that VMWare, for instance, is not supported on FreeBSD. > > I'm running 4.9-RELENG at the moment, but considering an upgrade to > 5.x.xen is on the way, but don't think it's quite ready yet (and wont' do winders until Vanderpool ships). If you fancy a go, google for it - kip macy has been doing a lot of patches etc. to 5.x. -- 'Yeah, well I'm gonna build my own themepark! With blackjack aaand Hookers! Actually, forget the park. And the blackjack.' -- Bender Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns
Hi, emulators/qemu could do the job for you :) cheers Marius -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 187 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20050412/c62edf2f/attachment.bin
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 11:05:00AM +0100, Nick Barnes wrote:> I run FreeBSD as my main desktop, but occasionally have to develop, > build, or test software on a variety of other x86 operating systems > (mainly Windows NT 4, Windows XP Pro, and Red Hat Linux). At the > moment I have a row of mini-towers and a KVM switch. I'd much rather > run these other machines as virtual machines under FreeBSD. Can > anyone recommend virtualizing software for FreeBSD? I don't mind > having to pay, as long as it really works.I have not used it, but it claims to support FreeBSD as the host: http://www.serenityvirtual.com/ I have had a good relationship with the company that is behind the product. I just haven't used that particular product, especially now that my primary workstation is a PowerBook. -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lambert@lambertfam.org