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

On Monday 07 January 2013 11:44:56 you 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

I bought a new laptop recently, I had to specify a VT enabled cpu, Intel
i5. It seems the default configuration from many vendors , for Intel
cpus , is without VT support.

Wndows7 on a new box has an XP mode option, which is XP running in a
vm, this option will get a VT cpu.

-- 
Peace,
Greg
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