[Novalug] CentOS/Ubuntu

[Beartooth]

On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, Paul W. Frields wrote:

> On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 14:23 -0800, Beartooth wrote:

>>  	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.

 	Certainly not the testbed nor the #2 machine I'm on now; 
my main #1 is currently recovering from an M$ attack ... (I had 
had to boot it to XP to run my proprietary GPS/topo map 
software.)

> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Fedora8VirtQuickStart
>
> That's the document I used to set up my first KVM stuff on this 
> laptop.

 	KVM?? KVM to me is a switch -- hardware ....

> 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/

 	I'll look at 'em; thanks!

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