From ssic-linux-users Wed Nov 03 01:13:01 2004 From: "Walker, Bruce J" Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 01:13:01 +0000 To: ssic-linux-users Subject: [SSI-users] OpenSSI cluster node as a VMWare machine Message-Id: <3689AF909D816446BA505D21F1461AE4C7525D () cacexc04 ! americas ! cpqcorp ! net> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=ssic-linux-users&m=109944574621653 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------_=_NextPart_001_01C4C142.439857C3" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C4C142.439857C3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Has anyone tried running VMWare on windows and then having an OpenSSI node as the OS running in the virtual machine? Given you had a boot disk (with an OpenSSI kernel and ramdisk in it) in a file under Windows and given that file is mapped to the boot disk, it seems like it might work. Networking from the VMWare machine is NAT thru the host so the OpenSSI node would appear to have the same IP address as the host windows machine (which could be a problem if it is picked via DHCP), but, that withstanding, I think it might work. Are there open source equivalents to VMWare that also run under windows (I know XEN can run on the bare hardware and allow multiple local virtual machines but I don't think it can run as a process under Windows)? Could qemu be useful? Bruce ------_=_NextPart_001_01C4C142.439857C3 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable OpenSSI cluster node as a VMWare machine

Has anyone tried running VMWare on = windows and then having an OpenSSI node as the OS running in the virtual = machine?
Given you had a boot disk (with an = OpenSSI kernel and ramdisk in it) in a file under Windows and given that = file is mapped to the boot disk, it seems like it might work.  = Networking from the VMWare machine is NAT thru the host so the OpenSSI = node would appear to have the same IP address as the host windows = machine (which could be a problem if it is picked via DHCP), but, that = withstanding,  I think it might work.

Are there open source equivalents to = VMWare that also run under windows (I know XEN can run on the bare = hardware and allow multiple local virtual machines but I don't think it = can run as a process under Windows)?  Could qemu be = useful?

Bruce

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