Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:10:34 +0200 From: Sven Huster <sven.huster@mailsurf.com> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vmware on freebsd for fast booting for devel. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20010425110720.025d03a0@mx01.mailsurf.com> In-Reply-To: <15077.63351.26014.849385@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> References: <20010424145318.Z1790@fw.wintelcom.net> <20010424130546.V1790@fw.wintelcom.net> <15077.62336.317751.756087@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20010424145318.Z1790@fw.wintelcom.net>
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> > > I've actually found real hardware to be much faster than vmware in > > > most cases. My dream quick-reboot box has no scsi disks, can skip the > > > memory test, has a serial console & loads its kernels via pxe. > > > > Yeah, where do i buy one? > >Heh. > >Most Dell i810 based Optiplexes boot quickly. You just need to throw >an fxp in there for pxe. I'm sure other, cheaper, boxes do just as well. >Compared to the full-price vmware, it would probably be quicker to buy >a used p6.. OT FYI: Check the ISP1100 from Intel if you like support for PIII up to 850 2GB RAM 2 x Intel Network onboard (includes pxe boot, possible on both) full serial console (even for access to bios setup) regards Sven Huster Senior IT Systems Administrator *BSD, Linux, Solaris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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