Re: [PLUG] Re: need some stimulator

2004-11-24 Thread Harshal Vaidya
--- Saifi Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What I'm most interested in doing is having the > ability to > > impliment a virtual OS `on the fly` for say, a > customer who > > wants a 'dedicated' web server or something. > > > > IBM z-series mainframes have this capability! > > So does VMW

Re: [PLUG] Re: need some stimulator

2004-11-24 Thread Swapnil Nagle
What I'm most interested in doing is having the ability to impliment a virtual OS `on the fly` for say, a customer who wants a 'dedicated' web server or something. IBM z-series mainframes have this capability! Or download user mode linux. --Swapnil -- __

Re: [PLUG] Re: need some stimulator

2004-11-24 Thread Saifi Khan
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 18:19:23 +, Tribhuvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > These prerequisite 'responsibilities' > have always been prioritized in the unix and linux OS's - and Linux > is the most modularized OS i've ever worked with. > You might want to try AIX 5.2 sometime! > > What I'm m

[PLUG] Re: need some stimulator

2004-11-23 Thread Tribhuvan
Re: http://www.kernelthread.com/publications/virtualization/ <>Nice paper there, thanks for the refferal. I can't for the life of me comprehend why Mr. Singh would start such a compelling 1300 line paper with the word "Micro$oft". ;0 Sure they deserve mention, but not the first word! ugh... So they

Re: [PLUG] Re: need some stimulator

2004-11-23 Thread Harshal Vaidya
Hi, I would like to correct you on this. Bochs is a simulator. There is a difference between a simulator and an emulator. Emulator is something like VMWare. Bochs is a classic simulator which simulates x86 via software. It does not directly use the hardware. An emulator uses hardware when ever po

[PLUG] Re: need some stimulator

2004-11-23 Thread Tribhuvan
You might actually consider Bochs. I cant argue with you on Bochs and the PE format, but someone who asks for a "simulator" (rather than "emulator") and needs to "practice" linux would better try to use a railroad tie for a paperweight or call George.Bush as a marraige councellor ;0 Then again,