[aklug] Re: Anybody have a spare VT machine?

My current spare machines are Pentium M's which I believe don't have
VT in them.. sad but true. Granted I could probably go and buy a
cheap machine that out perform them, but I figure I'd try other
options first.

Lee Brumbaugh

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Erinn Looney-Triggs
<erinn.looneytriggs@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/07/13 11:34, Lee Brumbaugh wrote:
>> I'm looking at starting to study for the RHCSA/E and it looks like it
>> delves into KVM's. From what I understand the hardware/processor
>> needs to be an AMD "Bulldozer" or an Intel "Sandy Bridge" which is an
>> i3 or higher machine. I currently don't have enough hardware to
>> support the testing environment that it looks like I'd need. So I'm
>> hoping I could acquire something along those lines from the group
>> here.
>>
>> So I was wondering if anyone had any spare machine they weren't using
>> that has VT in it for sale or trade. I have an original OLPC up for
>> grabs that is collecting some dust that I can part with.
>>
>>
>> Lee Brumbaugh
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> Unless something has changed with KVM I think all you need is the Intel
> VT extensions in place, they were introduced 7 years ago:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization#Intel_virtualization_.28VT-x.29
> I remember working with KVM on a VT enabled system about 5 years ago, so
> unless you have some really old hardware, or you just got unlucky and
> kept purchasing non VT chips, you can probably work with KVM.
>
> Also note that sometimes you have to go into the BIOS to enable VT on
> systems.
>
> -Erinn
>
>
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