Re: [Xen-users] Fully Virtualized guest on non-VT hardware?

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On Apr 24, 2007, at 1:50 PM, Ihtisham Khaja wrote:

> Hi-
>
> I have a Sony Vaio Laptop VGN-FJ290P with an Intel® Pentium® M  
> Processor 750 (1.86 GHz, FSB 533, Cache 2MB).
> I also have a MacBook with a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor (64  
> bit).
> What I want to do is create a virtual cluster on each of these  
> machines that is representative of a real cluster that has some AMD  
> nodes.
> So I am wondering do I go down the Fully Virtualized route?
> Given the hardware is it even possible to go down this path?
>
> I am a newbie to virtualization, so any comments would be very helpful
I am not positive, but I do not think the Sony's processor supports  
VT. The MacBook with a Core 2 Duo definitely does. I'm currently  
working on getting Gentoo running under Xen 3.0.4 on that hardware  
(using a 64-bit Gentoo environment). You can put up to 3GB of RAM in  
a MacBook Pro which would be plenty for you to mock up a small  
cluster. I'm not sure of the maximum RAM for a regular MacBook but  
it's at least 2 GB.
So, I think it is possible to go down this path on the MacBook, but  
you'll need to use paravirtualization for the Sony laptop.
Yes, I think it's possible given this hardware. Good luck.

cr


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