Has anyone gotten VMWare ESX server to work with a workstation?

[AznMaverick]

I'm trying to get it to work with my workstation (using an nforce chipset). But i can't get it to recognize any of my devices. Wondering if i should just go with MS virtual server. what would you all recommend?

 

[yinan]

I would reccommend VMware workstation. ESX Server is only meant for enterprise use. It has a more limited hardware compatibility for stability purposes. Workstation has more features as well.

Jim

 

[MrChad]

Why not use the free VMWare Server? It works fine on XP or Linux-based hosts.

EDIT: If you have access to Workstation, that's a better choice than the free server, as it allows drag-and-drop between the host and the guest and it allows you to capture multiple snapshots of a single VM.

 

[HannibalX]

Which version of ESX? 3.0 MIGHT run with some tweaking, 2.0 or 1.0 won't.

ESX will only run on hardware that is on its compatibility list, which are basically OEM configurations only.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: AznMaverick
I'm trying to get it to work with my workstation (using an nforce chipset). But i can't get it to recognize any of my devices. Wondering if i should just go with MS virtual server. what would you all recommend?

ESX is a replacement host OS, MS Virtual Server runs ontop of an OS like Vmwares Virtual server does. Your are really comparing apples to oranges.

To the original question, no, your not going to get it to work no that hardware.

 

[AznMaverick]

Yea, that's why i wanted to run esx server, less overhead. but i'll probably have to run ubuntu with vmware server. I plan to run win2k3 as guest os'

 

[her209]

Try downloading and installing the drivers for Red Hat.

Type uname -r to find out what version of the Linux kernel is running.

 

[DrGreen2007]

What type of 'devices' ?

ESX doesnt like Sata or IDE drives