Re: [gentoo-user] QEMU on a partition

2018-03-02 Thread R0b0t1
On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 5:56 PM, Grant Taylor wrote: > I've found that removing not-strictly-needed layers of abstraction reduces > complexity and makes things faster. > I can't find it again, but there was a neat writeup investigating the TCP over TCP "tunnel

Re: [gentoo-user] QEMU on a partition

2018-03-02 Thread Grant Taylor
On 03/02/2018 09:45 AM, Mick wrote: Does it make a measurable difference, after the guest OS has booted? IMHO, /bin/yes I'll need to try this out. :-) Yes, you should try it out for yourself. I've found that removing not-strictly-needed layers of abstraction reduces complexity and makes

Re: [gentoo-user] QEMU on a partition

2018-03-02 Thread Grant Taylor
On 03/02/2018 08:33 AM, R0b0t1 wrote: You can pass a block device directly to QEMU, and this is recommended for performance reasons. I have a Windows 10 VM that was passed an entire SSD; it runs fine, and you can take the disk and plug it into other computers. Passing a partition is a little

Re: [gentoo-user] QEMU on a partition

2018-03-02 Thread R0b0t1
On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Mick wrote: > On Friday, 2 March 2018 15:33:02 GMT R0b0t1 wrote: >> You can pass a block device directly to QEMU, and this is recommended >> for performance reasons. > > Does it make a measurable difference, after the guest OS has

Re: [gentoo-user] QEMU on a partition

2018-03-02 Thread Mick
On Friday, 2 March 2018 15:33:02 GMT R0b0t1 wrote: > You can pass a block device directly to QEMU, and this is recommended > for performance reasons. Does it make a measurable difference, after the guest OS has booted? I'll need to try this out. :-) -- Regards, Mick signature.asc

Re: [gentoo-user] QEMU on a partition

2018-03-02 Thread R0b0t1
On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 9:00 AM, Mick wrote: > On Friday, 2 March 2018 11:34:09 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: >> On Friday, 2 March 2018 11:12:36 GMT Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I'd like to install a second Gentoo system on a partition by running >> > QEMU

Re: [gentoo-user] QEMU on a partition

2018-03-02 Thread Mick
On Friday, 2 March 2018 11:34:09 GMT Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Friday, 2 March 2018 11:12:36 GMT Helmut Jarausch wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'd like to install a second Gentoo system on a partition by running > > QEMU using that partition (directly) - this is to create and update a > > Gentoo > >

Re: [gentoo-user] QEMU on a partition

2018-03-02 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday, 2 March 2018 11:12:36 GMT Helmut Jarausch wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to install a second Gentoo system on a partition by running > QEMU using that partition (directly) - this is to create and update a > Gentoo > system with different CFLAGS (for an older machine). > > Having no

[gentoo-user] QEMU on a partition

2018-03-02 Thread Helmut Jarausch
Hi, I'd like to install a second Gentoo system on a partition by running QEMU using that partition (directly) - this is to create and update a Gentoo system with different CFLAGS (for an older machine). Having no experience in such setups my initial problem is how to install grub2 on that