On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Jason Beaudoin <jasonbeaud...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > What a crock of shite. Good to know as I am just getting into a few > small-scale virtualizing projects.. not so sure I am at *all* > surprised. > Is there *ANY* good virtualization software out there? I don't care what OS it needs to host it (preferably not windows :)) - my needs are simple (home use): 1) free 2) has some level of documentation 3) able to support solaris x86 4) able to pass through raw (disk) devices to a guest (can you spell zfs :)) 5) able to support other x86 OSes (openbsd, linux, windows) I'm trying xen on debian right now, and it is very difficult to find good documentation on what's going on. I can't even figure out how to get it to install from an ISO image! Possibly, my google-fu is weak, but, *GAH* I'm *very* tempted to go with ESXi - for the price of free, and the ability to actually use the damn thing. Never tried qemu before, there seems to be a number of separate pieces that needs to be pieced together the last time I looked at it. Just what do you guys use? -- http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30v_g83VHK4
