From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Op1HE-0004P3-Cd for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:55:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BFF9CE07AF; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:54:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-px0-f181.google.com (mail-px0-f181.google.com [209.85.212.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B792E07AF for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:54:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi5 with SMTP id 5so1678905pxi.40 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:54:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=/P7OP18FAF7C1xSOs1/ZYKL/6ELmMb/f7je+qX8zrfY=; b=xjzKf4G38v8YrlNdFXvLXDk44KQBwAxo3tvAgMZhMvBWjyDGusJ3MHqd1dbT9xZRa9 IPdPVumD0mGFRTpdAtUOB9JRAciG4YX5HH9ER2eLQ2FiEwiig1Oe2SDTM8c1Xyth/DKl HJjw/Z0enaQ+ac7lvc1LOskg+quojZVGneeGY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=r9BbJr8SlpMJGYsmJTA3Pu9Kax9TGJ80DcDCbEPv+zW9wm6zsE8BxRklt/Z+Zajl0X hoSLeTHHdNWh02YPxG91PGq7dEYWUIfWggLjPqsGzWpQT6qpFIdj/LNgDwPkbWNF9pGR mheT8mLWqs2+1FgHS9dKqHLovamZ1oJ82Rn6s= Received: by 10.114.46.20 with SMTP id t20mr666886wat.181.1282924493861; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:54:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.12] ([209.20.133.224]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q6sm6875643waj.10.2010.08.27.08.54.52 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:54:53 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4C77DFCB.7050106@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:54:51 -0700 From: Bill Longman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.7) Gecko/20100817 Lightning/1.0b2pre Thunderbird/3.1.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Virtualization where to go from VMWare-Server-1? References: <1282895896.981547@rumba> In-Reply-To: <1282895896.981547@rumba> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: a04398f4-1868-4466-9581-53150e59e3f7 X-Archives-Hash: 8f7425a4320e218089eaa3677121e7f3 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.