I have a lappy with a Turion TL-60 and as we speak I'm installing OpenBSD in a virtual machine; I assure you it has the extensions you need. On 4/5/09, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > one of my goals with f11 is to explore, as completely as possible, > the varieties of virtualization available, and start documenting them > for a possible virt seminar later this year. > > at the moment, my laptops aren't adequate. one is merely 32-bit > with PAE, while the others are 64-bit AMD but without the AMD-V > virtualization extensions; hence, no possibility of experimenting with > KVM (right?) > > to that end, i just wanted to clarify what would be an adequate > system that would allow me to configure and test all manner of > available virt solutions. i don't need wicked cool graphics or > blinding disk speed, so here's a possibility: > > http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=4006371&sku=S445-M1626&srkey=m-1626 > > quite simply, given an AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile TL-60 > 2.0GHz, i'm assuming that that processor comes with the AMD-V > virtualization extensions since that's what it suggests here: > > http://www.chiplist.com/ChipList2/chiplist_display_section.php?id=2231&page_number=&chiplist_version_major=&chiplist_version_minor=&chiplist_version_revision=&chiplist_version_extension=&chiplist_version_release_date=&chapter_number=0§ion_number=0&subsection_number=0¶graph_number=0&view_mode=tree2a&expansion=2 > > but sometimes, the online docs can be inaccurate. > > in short, any guidance on whether this is an acceptable system for > what i want to do? would it have any crippling weaknesses in terms of > virtualization? or, if you're in canada, i'm open to alternatives for > midrange laptops that would accomplish the same thing, without > breaking the bank. > > thanks for any feedback. > > rday > > p.s. is there, in fact, a separate mailing list for discussion of > virtualization on fedora for non-experts? that would be *so* cool. > > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day > Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry: > Have classroom, will lecture. > > http://crashcourse.ca Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA > ======================================================================== > > -- > fedora-test-list mailing list > fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list > -- Aioanei Rares schaiba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese." --Charles de Gaulle -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
