Schematics are nice, but there is a small problem though - I doubt that your house is big enough for the schematics of the north bridge, never mind the processor...
Racist? Where did you get the notion that there is only one race in Africa? Africa is a very diverse continent, just like Asia, with hundreds of races and hundreds of languages, but the one thing that is universal in Africa is misery. They have perfected that.
Hmm, Africans love blaming the whole world for all their troubles, but of all the world, mankind has been in Africa the longest. I guess the best people have left and probably for good reasons too. As Till Eulenspiegel said: "Nobody likes me, but it is my own fault".
There are cases where virtualization is very handy. Instead of creating a 'do everything' server where the configuration of Apache, PHP and Perl can interfere with Amavisd-new, CLamAV and SpamAssassin - you upgrade the one and break the other - one can keep things separated by running two virtual servers - one for Apache and the other for email. Then you can even stop and start the one without influencing the other.
Once you start playing with VMs you can build up a collection of basic installed systems for rapid deployment: Keep DVDs with images for Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP Pro, various versions of Linux, all pre-installed (registered/activated) and ready to go. You can even have complete solutions for email, groupware, web servers, CRM and what not as virtual appliances to deploy at a moment's notice. Some systems are extremely hard to install - this way you can do that once and keep a copy.
As business requirements grow, you can transfer a virtual machine very easily from an old slow server to a new faster one, without having to reconfigure anything.
Lastly, once you have your laptop set up and everything working properly, you can use a VM to experiment with something - even run multiple servers and clients at the same time, without fscking up your real system.
I suggest that you go and try VMware Server. It is easy to set up and will make you discover a whole new world of productivity. Once comfortable with VMware, you can try the other systems which are still somewhat more difficult to get going.
BTW, Lguest only runs Linux on Linux, so it is similar to Xen.
KVM can run Linux on Linux or Windows on Linux, but it needs special hardware, just like Xen.
Soooooo, if you wish to do Windows on Linux and you don't have special hardware, then you are pretty much limited to VMware Server and Qemu (Virtualbox).
Hmm, I have recently played with a variety of VM systems. VMware Server is slow but it works really well - and it is free. So if you want a production quality solution, use that. Qemu can be sped up enormously if you can get the kernel optimizations compiled and installed. However, Qemu (Virtualbox is based on it) doesn't work with everything - for example I found that MS Windows 2003 would crash after an hour or so. The other solutions such as Xen require special processors.
Yes, VMware Server and basic Qemu are slow, but they are nevertheless quite usable and you can speed things up by toning down the requirements in Windows - select classic mode and 16 bit colour with no animations for example, just like one would do for VNC. I did my tax return on a 1.6GHz laptop using Qemu (without the optimizations) and WinXP and it was OK.
I wasn't aware of Iguest, so I'm going to give it a try.
Via hardware typically runs better on Linux than on Windoze, so you should be OK for a re-install. You can always install Windows in VMware or Qemu if you need it, so don't toss the discs away.
Well, the US has this weird notion that their laws apply to people in the rest of world too. It doesn't. The only law that appplies internationally is Catch 22, which says: "They have the right to do anything that we are unable to prevent them from doing.".
Anyhoo, Dell also sells some PCs with a 'no trailware' option. It seems that manufacturers are seeing the light. I wonder how much the 'PC Decrapifier' project has to do with this change of heart.
As more US maize (corn) is turned into ethanol, the price of maize is increasing. Eventually, the fast-food industry will use less of it. Cars don't get fat on corn syrup.
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Schematics are nice, but there is a small problem though - I doubt that your house is big enough for the schematics of the north bridge, never mind the processor...
News Flash:
The Earth is the largest spam relaying planet in the galaxy.
More at eleven.
Racist? Where did you get the notion that there is only one race in Africa? Africa is a very diverse continent, just like Asia, with hundreds of races and hundreds of languages, but the one thing that is universal in Africa is misery. They have perfected that.
It is the altitude. Most of Africa is very high above sea level. It is sad to think that the 'golden age' of Africa was the colonial period.
Hmm, Africans love blaming the whole world for all their troubles, but of all the world, mankind has been in Africa the longest. I guess the best people have left and probably for good reasons too. As Till Eulenspiegel said: "Nobody likes me, but it is my own fault".
Just need ONE parachute - for the whole plane. Those are available for small planes.
Strange, my windows version is 11R6...
A broken mirror causes 7 years of bad luck...
Seven of Nine... Sorry, I could not resist it.
There are cases where virtualization is very handy. Instead of creating a 'do everything' server where the configuration of Apache, PHP and Perl can interfere with Amavisd-new, CLamAV and SpamAssassin - you upgrade the one and break the other - one can keep things separated by running two virtual servers - one for Apache and the other for email. Then you can even stop and start the one without influencing the other. Once you start playing with VMs you can build up a collection of basic installed systems for rapid deployment: Keep DVDs with images for Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP Pro, various versions of Linux, all pre-installed (registered/activated) and ready to go. You can even have complete solutions for email, groupware, web servers, CRM and what not as virtual appliances to deploy at a moment's notice. Some systems are extremely hard to install - this way you can do that once and keep a copy. As business requirements grow, you can transfer a virtual machine very easily from an old slow server to a new faster one, without having to reconfigure anything. Lastly, once you have your laptop set up and everything working properly, you can use a VM to experiment with something - even run multiple servers and clients at the same time, without fscking up your real system. I suggest that you go and try VMware Server. It is easy to set up and will make you discover a whole new world of productivity. Once comfortable with VMware, you can try the other systems which are still somewhat more difficult to get going.
BTW, Lguest only runs Linux on Linux, so it is similar to Xen.
KVM can run Linux on Linux or Windows on Linux, but it needs special hardware, just like Xen.
Soooooo, if you wish to do Windows on Linux and you don't have special hardware, then you are pretty much limited to VMware Server and Qemu (Virtualbox).
Hmm, I have recently played with a variety of VM systems. VMware Server is slow but it works really well - and it is free. So if you want a production quality solution, use that. Qemu can be sped up enormously if you can get the kernel optimizations compiled and installed. However, Qemu (Virtualbox is based on it) doesn't work with everything - for example I found that MS Windows 2003 would crash after an hour or so. The other solutions such as Xen require special processors.
Yes, VMware Server and basic Qemu are slow, but they are nevertheless quite usable and you can speed things up by toning down the requirements in Windows - select classic mode and 16 bit colour with no animations for example, just like one would do for VNC. I did my tax return on a 1.6GHz laptop using Qemu (without the optimizations) and WinXP and it was OK.
I wasn't aware of Iguest, so I'm going to give it a try.
Makes me wonder what kind of spam/virus attachments this guy sends.
Via hardware typically runs better on Linux than on Windoze, so you should be OK for a re-install. You can always install Windows in VMware or Qemu if you need it, so don't toss the discs away.
Yeah, we received about 10 machines a few weeks ago for lab use and they were all successfully decrapped in no time flat. It works like a charm.
"The end is near"
Hmm, in geological time yes, give or take a few million years...
Well, the US has this weird notion that their laws apply to people in the rest of world too. It doesn't. The only law that appplies internationally is Catch 22, which says: "They have the right to do anything that we are unable to prevent them from doing.".
Hmm, that is my laptop in a big box.
Anyhoo, Dell also sells some PCs with a 'no trailware' option. It seems that manufacturers are seeing the light. I wonder how much the 'PC Decrapifier' project has to do with this change of heart.
All you need to do is install a copy of RedHat Linux. If you are used to any other distribution, it immediately feels like going 3 years back in time.
The are laughing all the way to the bank! MS paid them for nothing...
So I take it that you are not using Samba?
Well, it is an Apple device - of course it would request a Mac address.
It sounds to me as if the problem is at least partly with the network admins who don't know their ARP from their MAC...
boil water and produce electricity? That should be a lot more efficient than turning it into moonshine.
As more US maize (corn) is turned into ethanol, the price of maize is increasing. Eventually, the fast-food industry will use less of it. Cars don't get fat on corn syrup.