In my recent tribulations getting Linux based tools working at work I've gotten a lot of good answers just by searching here. But since this question is very subjective, and details are important, my searches just weren't quite working out.
I've been using Linux off and on since 94, Slackware... a stack of floppies as long as my arm. I say off and on because I've always been of the opinion that Windows had a superior selection of ready-to-run desktop software... I still think that's true, but since I'm pushing open source more at work ($44K a year to use Exchange? Seriously?) I figure it's time to throw in behind it at home, too.
My biggest hangup with a total transition is gaming. I can handle my desktop suite needs just fine with Open/LibreOffice and Seamonkey. The limited work I do with graphics and sound can be handled just as easily with existing open source applications (though I'm not really sure about video playback, yet. Finding good codecs for HD video that work well with Linux based players, WMP and Windows Media Center is kind of a pain in the ass.) Hell, pretty much everything I do on a day to day basis... a drastic improvement over 5 years ago.
The games, on the other hand, are killer. Two of my off and on favorites, World of Warcraft and EVE Online are reportedly well supported by Wine. A good chunk of my game collection, though, was purchased through Steam, which I understand has some issues with Wine. And there's also concerns about future games that get released ... some of which is offset by the constant improvement in Wine and similar packages.
What I'm considering as an option is simply going with Xen for a paravirt Windows guest and running my games in that. What I need to know, though, is how well will that conceivably work? Will a Windows XP or 7 (which one would I want?) guest in a Xen DomU have better gaming support than Wine provides? What other things am I not taking in to consideration that I should? Should I use Xen or whatever the free VMWare is (I'd prefer Xen, open source and all, but it VMWare would really do the job where Xen wouldn't...)?
AMD Phenom X4 955
8GB RAM
SATA 30GB SSD
2TB RAID storage which I would prefer to keep as a single chunk, but meh... it's 2TB.
I have installed CentOS 5.3-5.5, FC 13 and 14. Ubuntu, Debian and., all the major distros and all the hardware is supported by the prebuilt kernels.
Actual uses: MP3 rip/playback. Web browsing. Quicken. Occasional word processing/spreadsheet, media conversion including the dreaded DVD ripping (I buy the DVDs for my kids, but they can't touch them :P), and... hell, whatever it is that we do with our desktops and take for granted. Games. Lots of DirectX games.
virtualization means putting more virtual computers on 1 physical computer. What my question is about is the other way around. Namely: how to make from different physical machines 1 virtual computer? The point is that I would like it to have the following features: data redundancy: data should be stored on at least x other physical computers access should be able to done on any physical node (so no master node).I would need to be able to place a normal Linux system on top of the virtual layer, so I can get all the benefits of Linux.I would like data to migrate automatically and physical computers to be able to be pulled/added at will.
I've been looking through Google for those things but I didn't find anything that only remotely resembled what I needed.Maybe you can give me a hint where to look at, or on what terms I would need to search?
I got an W520 with an i7-2720QM and Nvidia Quadro 1000m. I want to virtualize with Debian as host and Windows as guest. Therefore i want to assign my Nvidia GPU to the guest.
The reason for this choice is because I'm an mechanical engineering student, and that requires alot of windows-only programs (CAD/FEM/matlab etc)..
I got stuck at Nvidias error 43 problem.
Current situation:
I know all my hardware supports VT-d and is activated. I got the intel-iommu=on as a boot parameter in grub.cfg. I have stubbed and blacklisted my Quadro gpu so the Win7 guest can acces and use it.
I got win7 installed and running, it detects and refuses the quadro card because its virtualized. I have tried used the 377.88 Driver and the newest, with and without kvm as hidden. I have deleted all hypervisor tags.. It still reports error 43 ..
This is my config file over my virtual windows machine:
I'm probably in way over my head, but have recently been given a job that will be utilizing the systems in the Subject. My employer will be sending me to school for the basics (Red Hat System Administration). I currently have a Macbook Pro that I would like to be able to virtualize a server and install RHEL 5 to begin to read through manuals and anything else I can get my hands on. Wondering if the community has any advice for operating/installing RHEL 5 on a Macbook (virtualized preferably), as well as any other useful advice or comments in regards to 'speed learning' these systems.
The problem is this: I have a 320gb HDD splitted in 4 partitions. When I first installed Windows XP I formatted the HDD in 3 (Windows system partition, Media partition and another one I left for Linux). However Linux requires another partition for swap. Everything was just fine. One day Windows stopped working and I tried re-installing it. After the system was ready to start, Windows failed to boot with "NTLDR is missing" message. I tried to recover the Master boot record, even replaced NTLDR manually - nothing worked. I read that in order a HDD to be partitioned in more than 3 parts the so called "extended" partitions must be created. I think this may cause the problem but I don't want to wipe out everything (I have more than 100 GB of books most of which are not available anymore in the same locations I have downloaded them)
I'm having this issue with a Linux server that thinks it owns an IP that it doesn't.Background: We used to have a central server connected directly to the DSL modem with two interfaces. interface eth1 was setup to respond to three of our external IPs, I'll call them ext54, ext55, and ext56. The internal interface, eth0, was setup as a gateway for the LAN on IP 192.168.0.1.
We wanted to install a hardware firewall and virtualize the existing server. So now it's setup so that the WAN interface of m0n0wall is connected directly to the DSL modem and responds to ext54, ext55, and ext56 and its LAN interface is the gateway for the 192.168.2.0 network. The server was virtualized and it's eth1 configuration was changed to be 192.168.2.2 with a gateway of 192.168.2.1. Everything seemed to be working fine.
Problem: The server runs apache for our webmail system, which works fine from the outside (since I have m0n0wall NAT port 80 through to 192.168.2.2), but inside it fails.
As best as I can figure the server (which is linux Centos 4.3), thinks that it should still respond to IP ext54 instead of forwarding it on to m0n0wall to figure out where it should go. I've looked through all the config files I can think of on the linux server (ifconfig, route table, hosts file) and I can't see anything that would make the server think it is ext54. I've also checked the logs and config of m0n0wall to see if the packets are getting dropped, and again, I don't see anything.
I guess I should say that our DSL provider gives us the IPs ext54, ext55, ext56, ext57, and ext58. When I tracert the IPs on the server ext54, ext55, and ext56 don't hop at all as if the server itself serves those IPs, but ext57 and ext58 tracerts hop to the m0n0wall gateway correctly...which makes this even crazier in my opnion.
I cannot boot into the Windows 7 partition, which I guess is /dev/sda1. I have Slackware installed on /dev/sda2 which boots fine, my /etc/lilo.conf looks like
I am working on another's Dell Inspiron 530 with Vista 64-bit; see below:
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wanting a dual-boot, 500GB hdd was formatted as above, Win Vista x64 Recovery CD was created, and antiX-M11 (as Swift Linux 0_1_1) installed. Now, at startup, machine boots to antiX and not Vista. User wants it the other way around. I think I should have reordered the partitions and not installed GRUB in MBR. EasyBCD is the preferred boot loader for User. This is a learning experience but due to time constraints and not being at my home where references are available, EasyBCD is on a USB stick -- should I boot to the Vista Recovery CD and then try to install EasyBCD to sda3 from it, uninstall antiX (but this will not fix the MBR problem, will it?), or edit fstab or what
I have a PC with three HD's. My primary hard drive has a single partition and contains Win XP SP3. I have a second hard drive which I use to store junk (pictures, movies, etc). The third, 60GB HD, I just put into my PC and I wanted to install Fedora 11 onto it. I want to have a dual boot system with WinXP being the default boot. I downloaded the latest build of Fedora 11, created a LiveCD out of it and I tried to install the OS onto this third new hard drive. I installed the OS, I told it to use the entire third HD and to have a dual boot setup and make the WinXP OS be the default boot. The installation seemed to go without any problems. However, after restarting the PC, the PC stops booting right after the DELL screen. It gives me a cursor and that's it. It just sits there. I have tried redoing the install about 4 different times now and no matter how I change the different installation options, I get the same result. Now I can't even boot into XP even after I disconnect the third drive. I am guessing that the dual boot got screwed up; I just don't know how to fix it and more importantly, how to install Fedora, dual boot.
I currently have fedora 10 installed and want to set up the hdd to dual boot xp. If anyone could give a guide or suggestion on the best way to do this it would be great. I prefer to not start over even though it would be easier to dual boot linux into an xp host.
Haven't been browsing for long, so this may have been covered already. I'm sure it's a common question but which distro would you prefer for a dual boot on a laptop, running alongside Vista? I've shrunk my Windows partition and opened a 10GB space for new business. I don't know a lot about different distros but boot Ubuntu 10.10 and XP on my desktop. Would this be the best choice?
I am going to install the newest version of Ubuntu on my computer. I am currently running Vista. I would like to be able to dual boot. I understand the whole partitioning deal and booting from the cd but i am worried that doing so will overwrite my Master Boot Record for windows. Do I need to modify the GRUB2 after installation. Read many writeups but was hoping for some input.
I have one hard disk partitioned into four logical drives.
1.20gb for red hat 5 //installed after installing window xp 2.40gb for Win xp //Installed first 3.40gb not formatted yet 4.more than 50gb for data storage.
After all the installation,I can just boot Red hat 5 but it shows the prompt for window xp also to boot in boot selection screen.When I entered for window to boot,I have this message-
I have an OSS 11.3/WinXPPro dual boot system. Unfortunately, Windows is a mess because of a botched restoration. I guess I need to start again from scratch. I assume if I attempt to reinstall Windoze that the whole dual boot system is going to get botched up anyway.I would like to know what would be the best approach since I am going to start by installing Windoze to the HD. Here is a readout of what I currently have from gparted:
Partition / File Sys / Mount Point / Flags /dev/sda1 ntfs /media/sda1 /dev/sda2 extended boot,lba
I had a dual boot machine with fedora 12 and windows vista and I could use grub boot-loader to switch between two. Few days ago windows got corrupt and I have to reinstall it. I put windows 7 now and as usual it erased grub. So to reinstall I put the fedora 12 installation CD on and followed some usual setup steps. When I got the command line I issued the command "grub-install /dev/sda" (sda not hda because It showed bunch of sda, sda1..) but surprisingly it said grub command not found. I remember doing it before while it worked fine.
It's been a while since I last installed a Linux distro on a machine that already houses another OS. I want to install OpenSuse (11.2) on a spare external drive that I have which will be connected to my PC through USB. The PC however, houses four other drives: one drive that has WinXP installed on it (NTFS) which is my normal boot drive, and three data drives - all NTFS.
Like I said, I want to install OpenSuse on the external drive through a network install. I don't want to end up with a boot menu where I can choose between OpenSuse and XP, I simply want to boot from the XP drive by default and boot from the USB drive when I tell my system to do so (I can call up a boot menu where I can tell my PC from which drive to boot).
Now I have done this many times - albeit too long ago to remember how I did it. I do remember however that last time I tried to do it, it installed a boot menu on my XP boot drive, and I had a hell of a time removing it. What do I need to look out for to prevent this from happening? How do I make sure nothing is changed on the other four drives? (The safest way would be to simply disconnect the other four drives from my system and install OpenSuse on the USB drive of course
I downloaded the DVD release of Kubuntu 10.04, from Kubuntu.org. The file is: Kubuntu-10.04-dvd-amd64.rar . I burned it to a DVD, as image, with ImgBurn application. See any problems so far? I want to dual-boot, leaving my Win7 in tact. I am confident that I can handle this with some patient instruction.
I am having 2 Hard Disk 1 is having RHEL 5 Installed And 2nd is having Windows XP, now i want to dual boot my PC with the help of this two Hard Disk? Can i Dual Boot with RHEL & Win XP having Installed in 2 different HD? what is the Procedure?
I had installed mandriva first. I reserved 30GB for opensuse.Now, is it safe to just install Opensuse and it will autodetect my Mandriva and preserves it in bootloader?
I installed the linux(CentOS 5) as a dual boot in my laptop.When i entered in WindowsOS-XP my lan cable is detecting but when i boot in CentOS my lan cable is not detecting ie., i can`t able to connect the internet.Please help me out in this issue as soon as possible.U can reply me to this mail id sandhya.531@gmail.com tooooooooo
I am having some trouble setting up a dual boot with Win XP and Slackware 13.1. Lilo lists both Linux and Windows, but when I select Windows, all I get is a black screen. I have two hard drives, sda1 and sdb1. I first installed Windows on sdb1 (it is a smaller, older drive). I then installed Slackware on sda1 and selected to install Lilo on the MBR. I'm guessing that by doing this, I wrote over the Windows information that was already there. Could this be my problem? I feel like this should be an easy fix, but I just don't know where to start in order to fix it. If it helps, here is the end of my lilo.conf file.
# Windows bootable partition config begins other = /dev/sdb1 label = Windows table = /dev/sdb # Windows bootable partition config ends # Linux bootable partition config begins image = /boot/vmlinuz
