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

Agreed... I have to check ark.intel.com all the time in order to figure out
which chips have/don't have VT.

As an aside! I also use LXC/OpenVZ which does not require it at all.. and
is typically faster than spinning through virtualization layers if all
you're doing is running Linux. Xen has had a similar approach for a while.

My two buckaroos.

- Shane

On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Erinn Looney-Triggs <
erinn.looneytriggs@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 01/08/13 15:30, Greg Madden wrote:
> > 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.
> >
>
> That is pretty crazy they are still pumping out chips without VT on
> them, or at least disabled. In the world where I work, enterprise, I
> can't find systems without VT on them, though I haven't looked all that
> hard.
>
> -Erinn
>
>
>

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