Re: vmware on freebsd for fast booting for devel.

[Sven Huster]

>  > > I've actually found real hardware to be much faster than vmware in
>  > > most cases. My dream quick-reboot box has no scsi disks, can skip the
>  > > memory test, has a serial console & loads its kernels via pxe.
>  >
>  > Yeah, where do i buy one?
>
>Heh.
>
>Most Dell i810 based Optiplexes boot quickly.  You just need to throw
>an fxp in there for pxe.  I'm sure other, cheaper, boxes do just as well.
>Compared to the full-price vmware, it would probably be quicker to buy
>a used p6..

OT FYI:

Check the ISP1100 from Intel if you like
support for PIII up to 850
2GB RAM
2 x Intel Network onboard (includes pxe boot, possible on both)
full serial console (even for access to bios setup)

regards

Sven Huster
Senior IT Systems Administrator
*BSD, Linux, Solaris


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