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Tell me is aint so!!

Some guy is telling me I can download VMWare and boot a baremetal server off of the iso and then install my OS.  Tell me this isn't true?

VMWare is giving away a bootable OS?

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Or the 64-bit one, which you should get since all new machines are 64-bit ready

https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/?p=free-esxi
Yes, it's called VMware vSphere Hypervisor TM (ESXi)

http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor/overview.html

Just make sure before you waste your time, that your server is on the HCL

http://www.vmware.com/go/hcl

many come back here, and ask why doesn't my server work, or it does see my storage controller or network interface card.