Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "Maximilian Bräutigam" <max-braeu@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] VM experiences and faqs?
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:41:48
Message-Id: 4C287C35.40103@gmx.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] VM experiences and faqs? by waltdnes@waltdnes.org
1 Am 28.06.2010 08:19, schrieb waltdnes@××××××××.org:
2 > I have a 4-core Intel i3 (/proc/cpuinfo dump below) running 64 bit
3 > Gentoo. I want to try hosting 32-bit Gentoo and also OS/2 Warp 4 on it.
4 > What are people's experiences with different VM environments? Google
5 > searching turns up a lot of out-of-date blogs/wikis. My CPU...
6 >
7 > processor : 3
8 > vendor_id : GenuineIntel
9 > cpu family : 6
10 > model : 37
11 > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 530 @ 2.93GHz
12 > stepping : 2
13 > cpu MHz : 2933.000
14 > cache size : 4096 KB
15 > physical id : 0
16 > siblings : 4
17 > core id : 2
18 > cpu cores : 2
19 > apicid : 5
20 > initial apicid : 5
21 > fpu : yes
22 > fpu_exception : yes
23 > cpuid level : 11
24 > wp : yes
25 > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
26 > mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe
27 > syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good
28 > xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2
29 > ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt lahf_lm arat tpr_shadow vnmi
30 > flexpriority ept vpid
31 > bogomips : 5851.93
32 > clflush size : 64
33 > cache_alignment : 64
34 > address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
35 > power management:
36 >
37 >
38
39 Hi,
40
41 I'm using app-emulation/virtualbox-bin and it works really great, even
42 forwarding of usb devices, but I only tested WinXP in the box for
43 printing purpose. If you wanna have an open source product, consider
44 app-emulation/virtualbox-ose (open source edition).
45
46 * app-emulation/virtualbox-ose
47 Available versions: 3.0.12 3.1.8 (~)3.2.4-r1 (~)3.2.6 **9999
48 {+additions alsa +hal headless kernel_linux +opengl pulseaudio python
49 +qt4 sdk vboxwebsrv}
50 Best versions/slot: (~)3.2.6
51 Homepage: http://www.virtualbox.org/
52 Description: Softwarefamily of powerful x86 virtualization
53 License: GPL-2
54
55 * app-emulation/virtualbox-bin
56 Available versions: 3.0.12+i!m 3.1.8+i!m (~)3.2.4-r1+i!m
57 (~)3.2.6+i!m {+additions +chm headless python rdesktop-vrdp sdk vboxwebsrv}
58 Installed versions: Version: 3.2.6+i!m
59 Date: 09:34:26 28.06.2010
60 USE: additions chm python -headless
61 -rdesktop-vrdp -sdk -vboxwebsrv
62 Best versions/slot: (~)3.2.6+i!m
63 Homepage: http://www.virtualbox.org/
64 Description: Family of powerful x86 virtualization products
65 for enterprise as well as home use
66 License: PUEL
67
68 Kind regards,
69 der Max

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