[nycbug-talk] Xen & FreeBSD

[sɹɐɯ ʇsǝɹoɟ]

H. G. wrote:
> On 8/1/07, sɹɐɯ ʇsǝɹoɟ <compustretch at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>   
>> Having said that, question back at you-- why is it you would want to run Free as dom0 as opposed to say as DomU on a FreeBSD Dom0 machine ?
>>     
> [SNIP] 
> as much as I like me my Linux, I would personally prefer a non-Linux box
> (say BSD,
> or Solaris) as a dom0.  Just personal preference.  an/listinfo/nylug-talk
>   
I mistyped that, should have been what the reasons are for running 
FreeBSD as Dom0, as opposed to running it as a DomU on a NetBSD machine. 
I didn't realise you were ruling out using the Intel/AMD virtualisation 
extensions. If you discount that approach, I think you're talking a 
significant wait before FreeBSD catches up.

cheers,

Forest Mars
-- 
"In theory, theory and practice are exactly the same.
In practice, they're completely different."
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