Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?

2008-12-26 Thread Jack Schneider
On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:45:08 -0600 Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: On 12/22/08 14:58, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 02:14:06PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: I don't know enough about the subject to be able to intelligently Google, so I thought I'd ask first. My

Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?

2008-12-23 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 22 December 2008, Ross Boylan rossboy...@stanfordalumni.org wrote about 'Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?': All I really wanted was to run MS Windows to watch TV online and maybe play games; I'm thinking maybe qemu is the way to go for that. Some games are not going to be playable

Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?

2008-12-23 Thread Jack Schneider
On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:12:36 -0600 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. bs...@volumehost.net wrote: On Monday 22 December 2008, Ross Boylan rossboy...@stanfordalumni.org wrote about 'Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?': All I really wanted was to run MS Windows to watch TV online and maybe play games

Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?

2008-12-23 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Ron Johnson wrote: I don't know enough about the subject to be able to intelligently Google, so I thought I'd ask first. My system is a fully-kitted out Sid system, and I'd like to experiment with virtual machines. Is this possible, or do I have to start from bare metal? I run the

Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?

2008-12-23 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: I run the vmware server. Downloaded from their homepage. Then I run XP. Samba makes it easy to share home directories. But I'd like to run, let's say Lenny. But I've never figured out how to share home dirs. with that. You can use samba, if you install it both

Hypervisor on an existing system?

2008-12-22 Thread Ron Johnson
I don't know enough about the subject to be able to intelligently Google, so I thought I'd ask first. My system is a fully-kitted out Sid system, and I'd like to experiment with virtual machines. Is this possible, or do I have to start from bare metal? -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA

Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?

2008-12-22 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 2008 December 22 14:14:06 Ron Johnson wrote: My system is a fully-kitted out Sid system, and I'd like to experiment with virtual machines. Is this possible, or do I have to start from bare metal? While I've never done it myself, it should be possible. The Sid kernel will run on

Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?

2008-12-22 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 02:14:06PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: I don't know enough about the subject to be able to intelligently Google, so I thought I'd ask first. My system is a fully-kitted out Sid system, and I'd like to experiment with virtual machines. qemu / virtualbox? openvz /

Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?

2008-12-22 Thread Damon L. Chesser
On Monday 22 December 2008 15:14:06 Ron Johnson wrote: I don't know enough about the subject to be able to intelligently Google, so I thought I'd ask first. My system is a fully-kitted out Sid system, and I'd like to experiment with virtual machines. Is this possible, or do I have to start

Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?

2008-12-22 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/22/08 14:58, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 02:14:06PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: I don't know enough about the subject to be able to intelligently Google, so I thought I'd ask first. My system is a fully-kitted out Sid system, and I'd like to experiment with virtual

Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?

2008-12-22 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 22 December 2008, Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote about 'Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?': On 12/22/08 14:58, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 02:14:06PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: My system is a fully-kitted out Sid system, and I'd like to experiment

Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?

2008-12-22 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/22/08 18:48, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 22 December 2008, Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote about 'Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?': On 12/22/08 14:58, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 02:14:06PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: My system is a fully-kitted

Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?

2008-12-22 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 22 December 2008, Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote about 'Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?': On 12/22/08 18:48, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: Virtualbox, Qemu, and Kvm don't really have a hypervisor. With any of the 3 your existing sid installation will be fine as a host

Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?

2008-12-22 Thread Ron Johnson
On 12/22/08 19:27, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 22 December 2008, Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote about 'Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?': On 12/22/08 18:48, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: Virtualbox, Qemu, and Kvm don't really have a hypervisor. With any of the 3 your

Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?

2008-12-22 Thread Ross Boylan
On Mon, 2008-12-22 at 18:48 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: On Monday 22 December 2008, Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote about 'Re: Hypervisor on an existing system?': On 12/22/08 14:58, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 02:14:06PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: My system