From: Bill Longman <bill.longman@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualization where to go from VMWare-Server-1?
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:54:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C77DFCB.7050106@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1282895896.981547@rumba>
On 08/27/2010 12:58 AM, Konstantinos Agouros wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am currently running a guest with VMware-Server-1. However the modules
> needed for that on the host are no longer supported and I am stuck with 2.6.31
> for the moment.
> So I am thinking of alternatives. My requirements:
>
> It should only need as much RAM on the host as needed (so XEN with static
> assignment is out)
>
> It should run headless (I don't want a window on the desktop but be able
> get console access when needed).
>
> VMWare import/compatibility would be nice but is not a must have.
>
> I use VirtualBox on a Mac but can it run headless? Any other proposals?
VBox runs great headless. I start three VMs at boot time, all over VRDP.
Highly recommended. You can migrate it to other systems if you want, too.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-08-27 15:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-08-27 7:58 [gentoo-user] Virtualization where to go from VMWare-Server-1? Konstantinos Agouros
2010-08-27 13:19 ` [gentoo-user] " Remy Blank
2010-08-27 15:54 ` Bill Longman [this message]
2010-08-28 6:39 ` [gentoo-user] " Petri Rosenström
2010-08-28 8:21 ` Konstantinos Agouros
2010-08-28 10:21 ` Petri Rosenström
2010-08-28 19:09 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2010-08-28 19:27 ` Petri Rosenström
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