Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?
On Monday 22 December 2008 15:14:06 Ron Johnson wrote:
> I don't know enough about the subject to be able to intelligently
> Google, so I thought I'd ask first.
>
> My system is a fully-kitted out Sid system, and I'd like to
> experiment with virtual machines.
>
> Is this possible, or do I have to start from bare metal?
>
> --
> Ron Johnson, Jr.
> Jefferson LA USA
>
> I like my women like I like my coffee - purchased at above-market
> rates from eco-friendly organic farming cooperatives in Latin America.
Ron,
I terms of hypervisors, only Xen will be able to run on your kitted out Sid
box (with out re-installing). Using xen (not xen-server) you really need to
have a newer cpu for full virtualization and I had a very hard time to get a
vm to boot twice in a row. I might be slow, but I even have a book or two.
The documentation is sparse, not all up to date.
In terms of VMware, ESXi is free (as in beer, not speach) but only runs on a
very limited hardware set. In terms of what works with it, google, HCL ESX
whitebox. I can tell you a Dell inspiron 530 with a intel Pro dekstop gig
nic added works for ESXi. However, you will need a win box to manage it.
If you get xen working, come over to my house and instruct me!
See package xen-linux-system-
--
Damon L. Chesser, VCP
damon@damtek.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dchesser
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