On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 14:26 -0400, Blake wrote:
> You need VT support on the chip - does that proc have this?
That's not entirely true - you can run xVM with paravirtualised guest
operating systems, without needing AMD-V or Intel VT-x.
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Donald Steven <t6sn...@aim.com>
> > I recently installed 2009.06 on a 3.2GHz Pentium IV with 2GB RAM and
> lots of disk space and it's running beautifully. Got the OpenSolaris
> Bible and installed xVM but haven't had a chance yet to work with it.
> Then I noticed that it won't be supported in the future on 32-bit
> machines. Does it work well with 2009.06 and would I likely have some
> success in pursuing this, or should I just give it up as a lost cause?
The rationale for removing 32-bit support was that with the small
address spaces available on 32-bit systems, you'd not be able to fit
many guests on the host and still run with acceptable performance.
That said, you can still run OpenSolaris Zones or use VirtualBox guests
on 32-bit machines, which may be sufficient for your virtualisation
needs on small hosts.
cheers,
tim
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