Wow!! Thanks guys for all your advice and the vm-help.com site! The OpenBSD community is fantastic!!!
--- On Wed, 5/20/09, Kevin Wilcox <ke...@tux.appstate.edu> wrote: > From: Kevin Wilcox <ke...@tux.appstate.edu> > Subject: Re: OpenBSD ESXi VMware image on Soekris Net5501 > To: "David Talkington" <dt...@flyingjoke.org>, misc@openbsd.org > Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 7:44 PM > David, I'm currently mobile and > unable to track down the HCL for ESX/i > myself - thus my mentioning them to the original poster > with what I > could remember off the top of my head about supported > machines. If > that was an insufficient response then the OP is more than > welcome to > ignore it. On the other hand, the OP could always say, "oh, > ESXi HCL, > I wonder..." and google 'vmware esxi hardware > compatibility'. > > kmw > > On 20/05/2009, David Talkington <dt...@flyingjoke.org> > wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > This is way OT for this list, but: > > > > Kevin Wilcox wrote: > > > >> My understanding is that it has a strict HCL, > > > > Yes it does. > > > >> that practically necessitates IBM, Sun, HP or Dell > hardware. > > > > No it doesn't. > > > >> Skip the virtualisation cruft and install > natively. > > > > That isn't a helpful or enlightened answer (not that > one should expect > > help with this topic here). > > > > O.P., you should start here for detailed ESXi hardware > support info: > > > > http://www.vm-help.com/ > > > > Cheers -d > > > > - -- > > David Talkington > > dt...@flyingjoke.org > > - -- > > PGP key: http://www.flyingjoke.org/keys/801E3976.asc > > (What's this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_signature) > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJKFKpkAAoJEO7jL1CAHjl2+YgH/jwqmzLTgAGD1wDkxBPbJGZC > > > qOQkT2lYoyy0obJ66777wfh/BRcZt88jIpnBVxPfprfnE3h4HUVw/0pP4xtriWcK > > > nOQp+dWQeuhGYmV9QycWXAWvhRIrSwgmB3LagKPPYUQ4eR0aVz8NJ/LzkJpzwRb1 > > > 4kdxc4KXYxDG+HdaQ/mhQ4yGeY2AiTs41zs0oEjBQraeBb/FUwdXzKfFmK9brFxd > > > kOEuKYUW9QAFnpzAmkKcFHM7QOQ8zIhLNIs7K/jTmLPVYycU14eutUUR+Q+SoI9W > > > YriQmxcZ2PTxHIXA2hjvORM9FZiy0NwyDU8H9NHl2gA34rq1vheuVUnsHRJVH4U= > > =eE8z > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > To take from one, because it is thought that his own > industry and that > of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to > others, > who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry and > skill, is > to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, > bthe > guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry, > & the > fruits acquired by it.'
