[Novalug] virtualization Now

[Jay Hart]

This is what I get as a result of reading /proc/cpuinfo.  Does this mean I
lack support for virtualization?

Jay

more /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 6
model           : 10
model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+
stepping        : 0
cpu MHz         : 2191.228
cache size      : 512 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up ts
bogomips        : 4385.84
clflush size    : 32


> On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 14:23 -0800, Beartooth wrote:
>> On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, Paul W. Frields wrote:
>> > Have you thought about using virtualization to run another
>> > Linux simply using free space on your existing Fedora 8 system?
>> > I did this recently with CentOS (and Windows XP for kicks) and
>> > it works just fine.  Now, I do have a 64-bit Intel C2D
>> > processor, but my understanding is that you can get very
>> > respectable results, especially for Linux guest machines, under
>> > most 32-bit and 64-bit workstations.
>>
>>  	What I know about virtualization would go in a gnat's
>> eye. Where I start??
>
> See earlier post for some general info.  You can get the most bang out
> of virtualization if your machine is somewhat newer and supports
> virtualization extensions (AMD processors call this "V" or "SVM," and
> Intel calls it "VT").  If I recall correctly, you can read
> the /proc/cpuinfo file and look for the "vmx" flag to see if your
> processor has these extensions.
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Fedora8VirtQuickStart
>
> That's the document I used to set up my first KVM stuff on this laptop.
> However, note that there are references at the very beginning you will
> want to follow if you are new to virtualization, so you can understand
> the fundamentals.  There's also this one, if you want to use e.g. CentOS
> 5.1 as your host OS:
>
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/en-US/RHEL510/Virtualization_Guide/
>
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