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"*": "<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-lineno\" id=\"mw-diff-left-l1\">Line 1:</td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-lineno\">Line 1:</td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"><big></del>'<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">''MediaWiki has been successfully installed</del>.'<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">''<</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">big></del></div></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Holy god there</ins>'<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">s way too many ways to run a fake computer inside a real computer running Linux in the top ring</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">The most important thing is to learn tun/tap devices and bridges, since the builtin networking sucks in everything I</ins>'<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">ve tried; tun</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">tap can back any reasonable choice. Just listing them off the top of my head:</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\"></td><td class=\"diff-context diff-side-deleted\"><br></td><td class=\"diff-marker\"></td><td class=\"diff-context diff-side-added\"><br></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Consult </del>the [<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">http:</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">/meta</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wikimedia</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org/wiki/Help:Contents User</del>'s <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Guide] </del>for <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">information on using </del>the <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wiki software</del>.</div></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* KVM/Qemu - I dig [[KVM]]. Always have. It slapped an open kernel module between cheap COTS [[4000_Linux_VT_Solutions#VT_Hardware|VT hardware]] and </ins>the <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">open, feature-rich qemu frontend, fixed and stabilized aforementioned frontend, and has been pretty awesome for years.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">** If you have </ins>[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[VT]], use kvm. Otherwise, qemu's closed-source hoopajoop module can provide a bit better performance than unaccelerated kvm</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">qemu. You'll want to set up a large tmpfs ''FIXME import from researchwiki''.</ins>..</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">** There</ins>'s <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">GUIs </ins>for <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">these, but they're uglier than they're worth.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* Xen - A juggernaut -- </ins>the <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Oracle to these 4000 solutions' fractured MySQL and postfreshSQL communities. I've ignored it almost completely, largely out of spite and contrarianism.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* lguest - I know of this primarily due to following Rusty Russell's blog.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* OpenVZ - No clue</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* VMWare - It exists, sure. Why are you running closed source? Utterly uninteresting</ins>.</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\"></td><td class=\"diff-context diff-side-deleted\"><br></td><td class=\"diff-marker\"></td><td class=\"diff-context diff-side-added\"><br></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">== Getting started ==</del></div></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">There's also the <tt>virt*</tt> kernel modules:<pre></ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>* <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[http:</del>//<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">www</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mediawiki</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wiki</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list</del>]</div></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[recombinator](0) $ find /lib/modules/ -iname \\</ins>*<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">virt\\* -type f</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* </del>[<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">http:</del>//<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">www</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mediawiki.org</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wiki</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Manual</del>:<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">FAQ MediaWiki FAQ</del>]</div></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">/lib/modules/2.6.28.1/kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.ko</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* </del>[<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">https</del>://<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">lists</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wikimedia</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki</del>-<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">announce MediaWiki release mailing list]</del></div></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">/lib/modules/2.6.28.1/kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.ko</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">/lib/modules/2.6.28.1/kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio.ko</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">/lib/modules/2.6.28.1/kernel/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.ko</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">/lib/modules/2.6.28.1/kernel/drivers/char/virtio_console.ko</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">/lib/modules/2.6.28.1/kernel/drivers/net/virtio_net.ko</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">/lib</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">modules</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">2.6</ins>.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">28</ins>.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">1</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">kernel</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">drivers/block/virtio_blk.ko</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[recombinator</ins>]<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">(0) $ </pre></ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">These seem to be drivers geared towards the exposed virtualized devices, or perhaps towards accelerating those devices, who knows ''FIXME''?</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div>\u00a0</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">==VT Hardware==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Without AMD's Pacifica extensions or Intel's VMX, VT is pretty unpleasant on x86 no matter what memory you throw at it. The reasons for this are elaborate and deeply, deeply boring to anyone who doesn't already know them.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div>\u00a0</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">This applies to Intel and AMD's virtualization technologies as added to the [[x86]] instruction set, under [</ins>[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Linux]], unless otherwise stated. Check <tt>/proc/cpuinfo<</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">tt> or use <tt>x86info(1)<</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">tt> etc to look for the VT capability flags as extracted from [[cpuid]] data</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Intel machines will show <tt>vmx</tt> like so:<pre>[recombinator](0) $ grep flags </ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">proc</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">cpuinfo | sort -u</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">flags\t\t</ins>: <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm tpr_shadow</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[recombinator</ins>]<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">(0) $ </pre></ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div>\u00a0</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">If stymied in your search for expected VT, inspect your BIOS to ensure it hasn't been disabled there.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div>\u00a0</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">==I just need a VPS mang!==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-deleted\"></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">I have chartered a </ins>[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">http</ins>://<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">www</ins>.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">1and1</ins>.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">com 1and1] Linux VPS since 2009-01</ins>-<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">01, and find it pretty damn reasonable.</ins></div></td></tr>\n"
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