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Tagged with hardware-virtualization virtual-machine
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VM, dual book + VM, or multiple machines?
I'm trying to configure my long term setup and have a menu of many devices, although most of them are older and have an issue or two.
Lenovo ThinkCentre M82 SFF
w/ Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570 CPU @ 3....
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Is there a way to make a virtual machine that resembles a given real one as closely as possible?
I've taken a habit of installing OSes on older machines as follows: I create a virtual disk drive on my more powerful desktop, so that it is as large as the physical drive, then I run the installation ...
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vt-x error setting up vb. cant change settings
im trying to set up a virtual machine of dos using oracle on windows 10.
using all default settings (32mb of ram, virtual hard disk with 500mb, hard disk file type = vdi... )
specific version of ...
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XenServer 7.5 Virtual Machines not booting without installation media
I recently turned an old gaming computer into a server and decided to put XenServer 7.5 on so I could flip between Windows and Linux servers. Installation of the hypervisor went well and I proceeded ...
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How can i turn on Virtualization?
I have Dell 760 which bios doesn't show any virtualization options but see the older versions have an option to turn on virtualization but when i go to the bios it doesn't have what should i do ...
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How does RAM work in a Virtual Machine?
I have set a Linux Virtual Machine with VBox and the host operating system is Windows. I would like to understand how RAM operates on the Virtual machine.
Does the host allocate the guest used RAM ...
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what is the network bandwidth of a virtual nic?
I am trying to do communication between two VMs hosted on one server. I want to know what is the maximum bandwidth capacity of virtual nics ? I am using virtual machine manager.
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Hyper-V virtual network adapter's are assigned physical interface's mac
I am having trouble with hyper-V to force it to use the actual mac address of the virtual network adapter when packets from these virtual interfaces leave the physical network adapter,
I've two ...
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ZFS vs raw disk for storing virtual machines: trade-offs
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I am planning to set up a KVM to run Windows and Linux on the same workstation, and am undecided about how to set up the disks. It is my understanding that raw disks typically improve ...
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What does a hypervisor means in the context of virtual machines?
In this Harvard lecture about HTTP and VPS at min 59:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KuO4r5CHjM the lecturer talks about Virtual Private Servers and Virtual Machines. He said that they are managed ...
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Windows XP virtual machine in VirtualBox fails to boot after disabling VT-x/AMD-V
I use VirtualBox 4.3.4 and I want to move a Windows XP base VM from my PC to my laptop.
I have a 64-bit Windows 8 on on my PC so VirtualBox supports CPU acceleration and hardware virtualization. But ...
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Virtualize an old MS-DOS machine to VMWare
There is a very old workstation at a power plant running an MS-DOS system based HMI, I need to recover this and I believe the best way is to create a virtual machine from the old physical machine.
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Mac virtualize Windows
I want to develop graphics application with latest OpenGL support.
Sadly, my iMac with Mac installed only supports OpenGL 4.1, with Windows in Bootcamp I go up to the latest 4.4 version.
However, I ...
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CPU modes and recursive virtualisation
I'm trying to get my head around virtualisation and hypervisors.
So the top OS, say Linux, runs in ring 0, with userspace programmes running in ring 3. The user boots up VMware, with Linux running ...
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Best virtual machine software for AMD fusion series. (C-50)
I am planning on installing a Windows XP vm on a AMD C-50 processor. Host OS will be windows 7 home premium.
What software should I be using?
Performance is my greatest concern, as the processor isn'...
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