On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 10:21:58AM +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote: > > > Ben Donohue wrote: > >A little off the original question here but on the subject of virtual > >hosting did you know that VMware are giving away GSX server now for free? > >It used to be over AUD$2000 but they are feeling the heat from Xen and > >MS virtual software as well as others in the market. > > They shouldn't be feeling the heat from Xen yet because Xen will not run > Windows until the new Intel chips ship.
You've got your tenses wrong. The first VT-enabled chips shipped about a month ago, and it's now available in a number of laptop, desktop, and rack-mount server units. AMD's Pacifica, on the other hand, doesn't look to be out and about for a few months yet. > I have a problem with VMware after 2.6.13 kernel - it won't compile on > 2.6.24 and later, which is why I am looking at Xen. Not surprising it doesn't compile -- guessing kernel ABIs 9 versions in advance would be a neat trick. <grin> - Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
