Hi all-- I am happy to report that I have solved my hotsync problem. Much to my dislike I installed a copy of Outlook and bought a copy of Chapura and discovered--since the latter shows its process as it syncs--that some of my entries in the calendar/datebook caused a stoppage. I deleted a yearly memo to blow out my Pcs, and then the Calendar synced. Then I had to delete the entry for my youngest son, and the contacts synced. Then, with those changes, all of Palm Desktop synced. So I'm back in business and don't need to do any virtualizing beyond VBox (for my chess and a few other programs). Hurray!
And thank you all for your input. Warner Warner White 12 Harbor Watch Road Burlington VT 05401 H: 802-863-0182 C: 802-318-0956 www.warnerwhite.org ________________________________ From: Jacob Torrey <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 2, 2009 9:32:35 AM Subject: Re: Xen, kvm, Bochs KVM is qemu that takes advantage of a kernel module (kvm-intel or kvm-amd) to speed up the process by using VT extensions on your processor (newer ones only). There is no functional differences between the two. A hypervisor is a host system that can intercept syscalls and reroute accordingly. Jacob Warner White wrote: > Ron-- > > I don't understand the qemu/kvm distinction or what hypervisor is. In > trying out kvm I had to make a choice and didn't know what that involves. > > Warner > > Warner White > 12 Harbor Watch Road > Burlington VT 05401 > H: 802-863-0182 > C: 802-318-0956 > www.warnerwhite.org <http://www.warnerwhite.org/> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Rion D'Luz <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, January 1, 2009 11:14:57 PM > *Subject:* Re: Xen, kvm, Bochs > > Hello Werner et al: > > As suggested below, xen is more for servers than workstations. If you > get it from a repo > it installs a xen kernel, which you select at boot from the grub menu. > Then you have to create an image > for xen to load. > It's really straightforward (compared to what it used to be:), and > setting up images is no big > deal. From there, it's just a matter of "xm -c /etc/xen/imagename" > from the CLI or use a GUI (i think > its "System->VirtualMachineManager") > > But for a workstation it may be overkill. Personally, I'd stick to > qemu, but I have yet to try kvm, > which may be a better alternative. > FWIW, have this plethora of virtualizers, I really have little need > for using any of them apart from > development purposes. > > Hope this helps and Happy New Year, > > Rion > > On Thursday 01 January 2009, Jacob Torrey wrote: > > I suggest out of the three you use kvm, xen is pretty specialized for > > running other Linux images, and Bochs is rather old. KVM takes advantage > > of your VT extensions on your CPU (if you have them, otherwise it's that > > same as qemu). You can run it from the command line bye typing 'kvm' to > > get a list of commands, which will handle anything from network, sound > > and others. There is a virt manager for Ubuntu to GUIize KVM, and it's > > guide can be found at: > > > http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/04/14/virtualization-with-virt-manager-and-kvm-in-ubuntu-804/ > > > > Good luck! > > > > Jacob > > > > Warner White wrote: > > > Ron-- > > > > > > You suggested I run VirtualBox, and I'm doing it. It's easy and works > > > well--except for the very clunky USB connection I finally succeeded in > > > making. But I need one for trying to HotSync my PDA and so far I > > > haven't been able to. So I'm trying Xen or other virtualizers. I've > > > discovered that Xen, kvm, and Bochs are all available through Synaptic > > > Pkg Mgr. So I've installed, only to discover that they don't show up > > > in Applications or System Preferences or Administration. I take that > > > to mean I have to start them from command line--but I don't know how > > > to do that. And perhaps there are some dependecies I still need. The > > > web sites look very complicated--line after line of command line > stuff. > > > > > > I did DOS years ago and I can do simple command line stuff, but I > > > still have a long way to go. > > > > > > Suggestions? > > > > > > Warner > > > > > > Warner White > > > 12 Harbor Watch Road > > > Burlington VT 05401 > > > H: 802-863-0182 > > > C: 802-318-0956 > > > www.warnerwhite.org <http://www.warnerwhite.org/> > > > > > > >
