Virtual Box

[Bill Davidsen]

Mike Cloaked wrote:
> 
> 
> Kevin Kofler wrote:

>> That said, AFAIK kqemu doesn't perform anywhere near as well as KVM, also
>> because kernel code is still emulated entirely in software (there's an
>> experimental -kernel-kqemu option which tries to use kqemu also for
>> kernel-space code, but all I ever got out of that option is VM crashes).
>>
>>
> 
> Thanks Kevin
> 
> The machine I wanted to use to try things out does not have KVM support
> which is why I asked.... but it seems just possible that a VM might work
> with qemu/kqemu even without kvm though I will have to just try it and see
> what happens - and although slower than kvm maybe it would not so bad that
> it is unusable.  On the machine in question I am happy to play and if it
> does not work then it is not a major loss - but worth learning on! 

Slower, but it does work. I installed the 64bit FC10 in a virtual machine on a 
32 bit system, and while it was a bit "leisurely" during the install, it did 
finish and will boot. I'm looking forward to FC11 and a 64bit kernel on a 32bit 
install. Best of both worlds.

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Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
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