[COLUG] Re: colug432 Digest, Vol 32, Issue 22, XEN follow up

[charles morrison]

Jim wrote:

/This answers a question asked at the meeting. 

For Intel CPUs, look for vmx in output of cat /proc/cpuinfo. 
For AMD CPUs, look for svm in output of cat /proc/cpuinfo. 
I.e.,

   cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep vmx
   cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep svm

/This message is for general info to list members. I do not have a question.

I found that the Acer 5100 laptop with AMD Turion under Feisty does have virtualization thanks to the above. I went searching a little more and found that Kubuntu includes virtualization under a program called KVM. the instructions for installing KVM and installing Windows XP can be found at:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM

The general idea is that Adept package manager can install KVM and QEMU and then just follow the directions. It works, but I was using a Home version and it does not seem to allow mapping network drives under Windows XP running under KVM. (Windows Home requires activation, which I will promptly uninstall and try something else). Also, when starting Windows XP, the start script looks as if it is incorrect, and it does flag an error when starting under a console. The start script is:

kvm -no-acpi -m 384 -cdrom /dev/cdrom windows.img

This appears to be pointing to a cdrom which would not be mounted to start Windows XP.

One of the programs I have been trying to get to work under WINE does install, but I need network access to make it function. I will report back when and if I get it to work.

Charlie Morrison