Jason Antonacci wrote:
>
> Is there any linux os flavor (or any os period) that allows the loading of multiple
>kernels? I remember a professor during an SMP discussion stating that a "low level
>SMP kernel" can be used to load "higher OS kernels" onto individual processors. This
>type system would allow os redundancy on a single peice of hardware as well as
>serices. Another plus would be testing and evaluation on an identical platform.
>Some of my associates have suggested Java, but I reject that outright because it is
>not an OS.
>
The big one that comes to mind is VMWare. It will allow you to run a
wide variety of operating systems as user processes.
There is a user-space linux kernel floating around that will allow you
to run more "linux machines" as processes of the real, physical machine.
Beyond that, you're treading into the territory of mainframe
monsters... I do remember reading that IBM has ported Linux as a
"virtual machine" to their 390 series and is now working on porting it
to act as the "main" operating system of the machine.
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