fedora 11: (testing results) fyi

[Bill Davidsen]

gary artim wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com> wrote:
>> gary artim wrote:
>>> Bill -- what OS where you running on KVM? Just curious cause I have
>>> some users that run xp under vmplayer and am looking to switch to KVM.
>>>
>> I run KVM on FC9 with whatever comes with on a quad Intel Q9400, and that's
>> where I did my test install. I'm going to try the live CD later today, and
>> if it works well I'll install on a laptop, since it can't really hurt
>> anything.
>>
>> I also run FC9 on my dual-core AMD Acer laptop, KVM works there, and on a
>> hacked FC6 system with dual-core i6600 and a more recent version of KVM (65
>> from memory). That runs the system I'm writing on, which is RH8 upgraded in
>> stages to FC9.
>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com> wrote:
>>>> gary artim wrote:
>>>>> guess I should bugzilla some of these, but in general I had good
>>>>> results. The segfault in ld-linux showed up in the log
>>>>> but I only noted when check for error messages.
>>>>>
>>>> I did an install in a VM under KVM for a smoke test before actually
>>>> putting
>>>> it on a machine. Video worked, although I did have to install
>>>> system-config-display and set the display type before I could get the
>>>> resolution I wanted.
>>>>
>>>> I will test on a real machine if it looks good with a little use...
>>>>
>> --
>> Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
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>> the machinations of the wicked."  - from Slashdot
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> 
> are you running WinXP under kvm? -- gary
> 
Well, to the extent that I have done the install as a proof of concept, and it 
looked okay to me. I'm not running XP at all for anything, the only Windows in 
my life is 98SE, and that runs (crawls, actually) in emulation under qemu, but 
doesn't work right in hardware assisted KVM. Avi told me it had to do with doing 
too much in real mode, which wasn't handled properly.

I have a Win7 I intend to install soon, I'm told by other that it will work 
under FC9.

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
   "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked."  - from Slashdot