Re: VMWare now working on OpenBSD

[Michael Grice <grice@binc.net>]

* Alex Strasheim <alex@strasheim.org> [010201 09:05] wrote:
> > Thanks to tholo@openbsd.org, you can now boot OpenBSD as a VMWare
> > client.
> 
> Can a VMWare virtual machine running under an IPv4 host run IPv6?
> 
> I'd like to set up a virtual network on a Windows 2000 box to get some hands
> on experience with routing, firewalling, IPv6, IPsec, etc., under OpenBSD,
> but I'm not sure it's practical.
> 
> On one hand, the networking support would have to be robust, and on the
> other hand, the system would have to be able to keep two or three virtual
> machines running at the same time.  VMWare would be cheaper than buying
> hardware, and it would involve a lot less clutter.
> 
> Does this sound totally hairbrained?

At this stage, it may be more trouble than it's worth. My gut feeling
is that you'd need native support for IPv6 in the host operating system,
and Windows 2000 only has "experimental" support for IPv6 at this point
(if I recall correctly). I think you'd be better off with a few cheap PC's
(cast-off 486's or old Pentium's would do the trick).

On the other hand, I've never tried it. They at least used to let you
download a (fully functional) demo version, so it wouldn't cost you
anything to find out. I'm pretty fond of VMware myself, and one of these
days I want to get the Linux version working on OpenBSD (there is a
FreeBSD port, I believe). 
--Michael