Multiple Partitioned Kernels

[Andrew Bacchi]

I would tend to believe your friend.

IBM has been running virtual machines for over 30 years.  A VM is 
independent of each other instance on one computer, and each runs it's 
own kernel, in its own memory space and namespace.

DEC also ran their version of VM, though I'm not sure it ever made the 
big league debut.  The concept has been around for a long, long time.

Young, Mike wrote:
> AFAIK, it was simultaneous kernels, not multi-boot.
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com]  On Behalf Of m.roth2006 at rcn.com
> Sent:	Monday, March 26, 2007 10:58 AM
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> Subject:	Re: Multiple Partitioned Kernels
> 
>> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:10:18 -0500
>> From: "Young, Mike" <Mike.Young at atosorigin.com>  
>>
>> Ok, here's a weird one.  A friend has suggested that many moons ago, he used to configure Linux servers with multiple kernels at once, effectively hiding "virtualized" machines from each other.  This was back before the days of VMWare, Xen, and the like.  I'm having a hard time believing him, but hey - it's Linux - and most things are possible with it.  I haven't had a chance to discuss it in depth with him.
>>
>> Has anyone heard of doing such a thing?
> 
> Are you saying he was *running* several kernels at once, or just that he had a multiple boot?
> 
>    mark
> 

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