2010/3/16 Guido Günther <[email protected]>: > HI Matthias, > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:12:37PM +0100, Matthias Bolte wrote: > [..snip..] >> You could use the 60 days evaluation version of ESXi 4.0 for testing. >> A small hurdle is that you need supported hardware, at leasts a >> supported NIC. > Thanks for the hint! >> >> Once in a while, when I can't use my ESX servers in the university's >> cluster, I use an ESXi installed on an USB flash drive with my >> notebook that has a supported Intel NIC. Storage is provided via NFS >> then. > Did you by any chance check if ESXi runs inside kvm? That would give > simple means of testing. > Cheers, > -- Guido >
In QEMU+KVM 0.11 and 0.12, with nesting enabled, the installer crashes and doesn't give a helpful message. I tested it in VirtualBox 3.0, with VTx and nesting enabled. I can successfully install ESXi 4.0, but if I try to boot it then it stops with this message: TSC: 1397756 cpu0: 1600 No Variable MTRRS; Assuming ESX is running in a VM In VirtualBox 3.1.4, with VTx and nesting enabled, I can successfully install and boot ESXi 4.0. I can also define a new virtual machine, but if I try to start the virtual machine then ESXi seems to freeze and doesn't respond anymore. So, no luck so far running ESXi as virtual machine. That's why I have my notebook + USB flash drive configuration. Matthias _______________________________________________ virt-tools-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list
