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QEMU Installation Attempt 1.0

Okay, the VMWare Server installation attempt is too suck to report. I can't barely do anything hardcore. It just need to run a script and everything is served. Man! How educating! :) Now, I'm trying to do more challenging stuff: QEMU Installation Attempt! (Yeah, sounds cool...) Still, the platform is that wrecked IBM XSeries 225, with specs: 1. 2 pocessors:Intel Xeon 3,06 GHz with HT. (It reads 4 in GNU/Linux...) B-) 2. 2048 MB memory, with ECC. 3. Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5703X Gigabit Ethernet (rev 02)! (We play Gigs now, no more MBps) B-) 4. Dapper plain install. Prepare Stuff Ok, the needed thing to do is download everything needed. Go to QEMU's web and download: 1. QEMU source (if you hardcore enough) 2. QEMU precompiled i386 build (this is the safest, do this kids!) 3. KQemu source package (for great experience) Prepare Your System Do the installation: # sudo apt-get install bridge-utils linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential libsdl1.2debian-all checkinsta...

Virtualization

I had enough with XEN! My cpu doesn't have latest VMX instructions, or maybe not activated? My IBM xSeries 225 is to precious to dump. In quest of virtualization, I found this vmware server and I'm running it right now with three guests: WinXP SP2, Debian Sarge, Ubuntu. Infact, I'm typing this from one of my machine. I'm trying to run KQemu. But, if time permits and I'm not lazy enough to try the stuff.

XEN Installation Attempt: REVISITED

OK, the culprit of why I'm not able to sleep is: DIFFERENT MEMORY VENDOR! Yes, that's the cause of instability of my cute box. After the memory released from my cutely little xSeries box, no more error on compiling the kernel. YEAH! Btw, I'm sorry to the people that put SMP and PREEMPT together. You guys rocks.... OK! Now I'm gonna start all over again from a scratch!

XEN Installation Attempt 3.0

Yeah, the Xen installation is done. Now, we have 2 domains. But, is IBM xSeries 225 doesn't have HVM technology? If it does, I'm expecting a WinXP into paravirtualization... :)) Btw, according to Register.com , Microsoft is supporting XEN technology. WTF? So, does it means Microsoft wants every supported OS product they have (Win2X, WinXP, Vista, etc) can run GNU/Linux Xen's patched system? Weird... PS: Not really...

XEN Installation Attempt 2.1

With desperado heart, I'm switching my filesystem from reiserfs to ext3. This consideration is because the OpenSUSE 10.2 make the switch too. Maybe, the filesystem is unstable for this kind of use. But, worst than reiserfs, ext3 failed after few seconds in compiling kernel section. In state of hopeless feeling, I install xubuntu-desktop, reboot, and suddenly I realize that I'm making a mistake. What the heck X for? This is a server machine, not a desktop! In state of idiocy, I log into the system, run a terminal and execute top, run a screensaver. Then, a magic happens. The compiler starts working great. It have no more illness. It doesn't have errors anymore. It compiles smoothly. Yay...! Yippeeee...! So, I have an explanation regarding the problem: The machine is too good to be left alone with a big resource hog process. It then felt insulted and have a strike demonstration action by making errors. It needs at least two heavy weight tasks. (Versi Indonesia: Mesinnya nge...

Xen Installation Attempt 2

Still fails. I think this is a hardware issue. I'm trying to compile a kernel from another machine. Hope it'd get an expected result. -- End Of Post-- OK biar postingan ini gag basi, gw tambah common knowledge yang gw ud dapet: MAKEFLAGS --> variabel untuk memberi argumen kepada make, misalnya compiler yang digunakan, optimisasi, dan lain sebagainya.