Virtualization on Slackware 14 (Ubuntu Server Guest)
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Virtualization on Slackware 14 (Ubuntu Server Guest)
Hello everyone,
I downloaded "Virtualbox" as a tar.gz-file this morning and installation was a breeze on my Slackware 14 installation. I would like to have Ubuntu as a guest but do not really want the graphical dekstop attached to it. My idea is to have "Ubuntu Server" running as a guest and put the ERP-Software OpenBravo on it. There is a specific repository and everything worked on the Ubuntu Desktop as a Virtualbox guest.
As far as I understand it, the Linux kernel has KVM-support, is this enabled on Slackware 14? I am using the huge-Kernel and didn't modify anything in the Kernel-configuration.
You want the Ubuntu Server.
I found the kvm_amd module was loaded automatically on 14.1, no need for manual loading or any editing. My processor is an AMD Athlon64 X2 5200+.
You want the Ubuntu Server.
I found the kvm_amd module was loaded automatically on 14.1, no need for manual loading or any editing. My processor is an AMD Athlon64 X2 5200+.
Hmm. Maybe that's something that VirtualBox does for you. The libvirt stuff that I use doesn't (or didn't when I started using it in 14.0).
One thing that I am a bit concerned about is that I do not really have a clue on how to go on. I do have Virtualbox but would like to get to know more about virtualization using KVM and the command-line. I had a look at /usr/share/doc/Linux-HOWTOs but didn't find anything in there. I also found this site: http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/HOWTO1 - probably enough material for a blog posting or something like that.
I might be wrong (often happens ), but I think I read somewhere that it could cause problems if you try to have the KVM and VBox modules loaded at the same time. Anybody know for sure?
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