From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 25 2:10:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from riker.skynet.be (riker.skynet.be [195.238.3.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8185C37B422 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 02:10:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sven.huster@mailsurf.com) Received: from hodge.skynet.be (hodge.skynet.be [195.238.2.35]) by riker.skynet.be (8.11.2/8.11.2/Skynet-OUT-2.11) with ESMTP id f3P9AQX20519; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:10:26 +0200 (MET DST) (envelope-from ) Received: from 07.mailsurf.com (194-78-218-7.pro.turboline.skynet.be [194.78.218.7]) by hodge.skynet.be (8.11.2/8.11.2/Skynet-SMARTRELAY-2.11) with ESMTP id f3P9AHK15467; Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:10:17 +0200 (MET DST) (envelope-from ) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20010425110720.025d03a0@mx01.mailsurf.com> X-Sender: shu@mx01.mailsurf.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:10:34 +0200 To: Andrew Gallatin , Alfred Perlstein From: Sven Huster Subject: Re: vmware on freebsd for fast booting for devel. Cc: hackers@freebsd.org 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > 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