Re: More vmare questions

[Giles Lean <giles.lean%pobox.com@localhost>]

Eric d'Alibut <eric.halibut%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:

> 1. Is anybody routinely making vmware images of NetBSD releases?

I don't think so. I could, I suppose, in my Copious Spare Time, if there
was demand.

> 2. Is there another virtualization tool that has captured the
> imagination and energy of NetBSD users?

Xen?

Some interest too in VirtualBox (http://virtualbox.org) which is free
and mostly open source ... but doesn't actually *work* with the *BSDs.
(Register corruptions reportedly; I've not investigated other than to
note tar faults when I attempt installations of NetBSD.)

VitualBox does work well enough to run Linux reliably, and I use a Linux
virtual machine to run Cisco's VPN software to connect to my day job,
including running rdesktop to connect to a Vista host running VMware
which has a selection of guest operating systems.  (Fast hardware
is recommended in all cases. :-)

> 3. Has anyone put up a open-vm-tools FAQ or How-To?

Not me, for sure.

> Mandatory full disclosure: Lord knows I am not an attorney; these are
> my own braindead questions and opinions; I could be wrong.

I didn't finish law school; I think my brain is alive; I've not made a
self-detected error since yesterday.  But this is my first email of the
day and I haven't had coffee so there's plenty of scope to be wrong yet!

Giles