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Booting an x86 Virtual Machine from an iPod

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the what-happened-to-communing-with-nature dept.

randomjohndoe writes "IBM has taken the next logical extension of booting Linux from a flash drive. Researchers were recently able to boot Knoppix from an iPod and run an x86 virtual machine in VMware, which provided an easy way to encrypt the whole operating environment. The tests were conducted on a 60GB iPod photo using Knoppix."

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  1. Yeah but does it run... by Mr.+Flibble · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, neat.

    But does it run Linu...

    Oh. Nevermind.

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    1. Re:Yeah but does it run... by amper · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yeah, but can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of...

      Oh, never mind...

  2. Think of the possibilities! by TildeMan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now that they have Knoppix running on their iPods and are running x86 virtual machines, they could run all sorts of neat software like mpg321!

  3. Twist on the usual question by saskboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    But... does it play mp3's?

    Get it? Usually you ask if it runs linux, but since this Ipod does run linux, it's funnier to ask if it still can play music.

    Never mind, I should just go to bed.

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  4. The real hack by two_of_six · · Score: 3, Funny

    But who's going to be the first to run the x86 OSX hack on it?

  5. Shuffle by cuteseal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey if you had an iPod shuffle, you could surprise yourself by booting up a random OS each time! :D

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