Archive for the 'Virtualization' Category
64 bit OS on Virtual PC
Okay, Virtual PC should be emulating a Pentium III, but why are both Windows Server 2008 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux reporting an Intel Core 2 CPU? So I thought, let’s find out if the OS can really work with a 64-bit enabled processor.
Read More..>>Windows Server 2008 RC0
In november 2007 the Release Candidate 0 of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 came available and of course I wanted to test it. The task I had in mind for this Server OS was to test it with the Linux and/or UNIX clients to authenticate with it. But first of all this Operating System had to [...]
Read More..>>Fedora 8 on Virtual PC
So, today is the big day. I installed Microsoft Virtual PC and downloaded the Fedora 8 Linux distribution DVD ISO. So we head off!
One nice feature of Virtual PC (VPC) is that it can capture an CD- or DVD-image (ISO) and simulate it in the CD/DVD-drive. So no more waste of cd’s burning all your [...]
Virtualization
Since a while I’m obsessed with virtualisation. It’s a great way to use a computer for multiple tasks running on different operating systems all at the same time. I always used to have a lot of computers around in my room, every box running another operating system. This not only consumed a lot of space, [...]
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