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Subject: Re: VMware Player 2 Linux on 6.2-RELEASE
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CyberLeo Kitsana wrote:
> Unless the two machines have identical CPUs with identical capabilities,
> this will likely end in failure. Operating systems aren't happy having
> their CPUs switch capabilities or instruction sets between one cycle and
> the next.

I hadn't considered that. I assumed VMware "virtualised" the CPU, so
that hot-swapping would be possible without a panic. You mean it allows
direct access to the CPU?

builder# dmesg | head | grep CPU:
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU         T7200  @ 2.00GHz (2008.36-MHz 686-c

So it does. Didn't notice that. Oh well, I can just start the VM on the 
slower machine. :)

Adam J Richardson