Virtual Windows Servers on Linux laptop...

[sarahwithanx at gmail.com (Sarah McGlinchey)]

VMware Server is their replacement for GSX and is free.  ESX still costs money.

See the second product on:

http://www.vmware.com/products/free_virtualization.html

You need to fill out a form and they give you a serial number.

On 2/13/07, Scott Ehrlich <scott at mit.edu> wrote:
> Someone else mentioned that VMWare Server is free?   Where is the link
> that shows this?   I just visited the VMWare site and Server ESX offers an
> Evaluate button.   That doesn't tell me it is free...
>
> Inquiring minds want to know...
>
> Thanks.
>
> Scott
>
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Ward Vandewege wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 09:54:52AM -0500, Matthew Gillen wrote:
> >> Xen won't work with an OS that isn't designed to work with it (Windoze,
> >> probably Solaris) unless you have a very new processor.
> >
> > Basically your CPU needs to support hardware virtualization. For AMD, this
> > feature is called Pacifica; for Intel it's called Vanderpool.
> >
> > Most new machines should have CPUs with that feature. If you're not sure,
> > have a look on Wikipedia - the pages on AMD and Intel CPUs are super
> > detailed and very helpful.
> >
> > Just one last word of warning - some laptop vendors have been *deliberately*
> > disabling hardware virtualization in the BIOS on machines they sell, with no
> > option for the owner of the machine to enable it, 'because they don not test
> > it'. See for instance here:
> >
> >  http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=1051601&admit=-682735245+1171380665964+28353475
> >
> > This seems to have only happened for machines with Intel CPUs, by the way. I
> > think it's mostly resolved now - there was quite a bit of public outcry and
> > the vendors have been publishing updates for their BIOSes, but caveat emptor
> > :)
> >
> > Yet another reason why a proprietary BIOS is dangerous!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ward.
> >
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