On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Sam Drinkard sam@wa4phy.net wrote:
Lanny Marcus wrote:
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Sam Drinkard sam@wa4phy.net wrote:
<snip> > unexpected, I have to ask questions. I'm amazed that I missed the > virtualization when I did the install.. I'm going to blow it all away and > start fresh, mainly because I didn't like the default partitioning on the > drives. I'm in uncharted waters for me with the raid array, and trying > to > figure out what is what.
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I was very particular when doing this install, and I did see the virtualization box. I suppose I assumed it was something else when I did the first install. I've now got a good install afaik at this point, so I'll start off by updating the basic system. I know there is a heap of stuff that has changed since 4.7, and I just gotta play catch up. I'm not one to jump on the latest and greatest... xen is like a foreign language to me.. don't want it or need it. Will peruse the archives and see what else I've got to get updated on..
Sounds good. After I clicked "send", I reread your post and realized that you didn't want xen (which, I believe, is depreciated). VMWare Server seems to be very popular here. A good idea to install only what you need, but, it's usually safer installing on Linux than installing something on M$ Windoze, which can really screw up the box. BTW, check the "Services" that are running on your box and turn off anything you don't need running. I'm always puzzled by services upstream has started, many of them, I don't want or need.