[Gloucs] Hypervisors.

[Tom Llewelyn]

Of those two, KVM will probably be the easiest to experiment with.  Xen has
a separate hypervisor and requires a modified kernel in the guest OS.

As for storage, you can use pretty much any local file or block device and
present it as a storage device to a VM, so yes you could use a USB stick,
either as a raw device or place a VM image as a file on it.  I/O Performance
will probably suck though.

Tom

On 27 July 2011 14:44, GEOFF BAGLEY <geoff.bagley at btinternet.com> wrote:

>
> Hi Bob.
>
> I too would be happy to run Debian (which is my favourite distro) on my
> 64-bit Ubuntu Maverick machine.
>
> I have no need (or desire) for Windows.
>
> KVM is attractive because it is based on the Linux kernel.
> Xen is attractive because it is GNU.
>
> I have a preference for FLOSS where possible.
>
> My main concern would be any unwanted crash, or other fall-out, which might
> result from these tests.
>
> Can I put the guest OS on a plug-in USB flash stick ?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Geoff
>
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