Comments for Lotsa FreeBSD http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras Just another FreeBSD Developer's weblog Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:59:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 Comment on How slow is VMWare (Server)? by Dan Parsons http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2007/09/29/how-slow-is-vmware/#comment-1389 Dan Parsons Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:50:31 +0000 http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2007/09/29/how-slow-is-vmware/#comment-1389 FYI, Red Hat 7 is *not* used as the "virtual machine manager" for ESX. It is currently based on RedHat Enterprise Linux 3, however there is an important distinction to be made. When the physical hardware boots, it loads RHEL. RHEL eventually loads the ESX kernel (through the kernel module interface) which then completely takes over the bare metal and transfers the running RHEL image into a separate VM, managed by the ESX kernel. The RHEL VM is then used for the management interface. In other words: ESX uses RHEL as a bootloader and then a management interface. The actual grunt work is done by VMware's proprietary ESX kernel. FYI, Red Hat 7 is not used as the “virtual machine manager” for ESX. It is currently based on RedHat Enterprise Linux 3, however there is an important distinction to be made. When the physical hardware boots, it loads RHEL. RHEL eventually loads the ESX kernel (through the kernel module interface) which then completely takes over the bare metal and transfers the running RHEL image into a separate VM, managed by the ESX kernel. The RHEL VM is then used for the management interface.

In other words: ESX uses RHEL as a bootloader and then a management interface. The actual grunt work is done by VMware’s proprietary ESX kernel.

]]> Comment on fit-pc, part II by ivoras http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2008/01/09/fit-pc-part-ii/#comment-1376 ivoras Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:55:07 +0000 http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2008/01/09/fit-pc-part-ii/#comment-1376 On the bright side, there have been some significant developments in FreeBSD lately: there's a soon-to-be-committed crypto driver, the boot loader has been updated and improved (I think 7.1 will have the new loader, 8.x certainly), and the USB thing is a matter of a simple tweak, which I hope to get committed soon. Audio is a no-go. On the bright side, there have been some significant developments in FreeBSD lately: there’s a soon-to-be-committed crypto driver, the boot loader has been updated and improved (I think 7.1 will have the new loader, 8.x certainly), and the USB thing is a matter of a simple tweak, which I hope to get committed soon. Audio is a no-go.

]]> Comment on fit-pc, part II by Ken Carroll http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2008/01/09/fit-pc-part-ii/#comment-1375 Ken Carroll Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:29:00 +0000 http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2008/01/09/fit-pc-part-ii/#comment-1375 Hi. Thanks for publishing this investigation. You have probably saved me a lot of heartache. I am running XP on the FitPC because like you I was astonished at how badly Ubuntu performed (swapping) but mainly because I couldn't get wireless working. XP works very well, with the exception of the audio drivers which I have not managed to get working without annoying ticks when adjusting the master volume. I'm not a MS advocate but XP works much better than Ubuntu out of the box. My aim was to install PC-BSD and run KDE via VNC giving me a (hopefully) low overhead graphical network interface for my apps (amarok basically). So, when I get my Homeplug AV kit I guess I'll now install the optimised Gentoo and load KDE manually. Pity. I wanted to make the move to BSD as my UNIX of choice. Hi. Thanks for publishing this investigation. You have probably saved me a lot of heartache. I am running XP on the FitPC because like you I was astonished at how badly Ubuntu performed (swapping) but mainly because I couldn’t get wireless working.
XP works very well, with the exception of the audio drivers which I have not managed to get working without annoying ticks when adjusting the master volume. I’m not a MS advocate but XP works much better than Ubuntu out of the box.
My aim was to install PC-BSD and run KDE via VNC giving me a (hopefully) low overhead graphical network interface for my apps (amarok basically). So, when I get my Homeplug AV kit I guess I’ll now install the optimised Gentoo and load KDE manually.
Pity. I wanted to make the move to BSD as my UNIX of choice.

]]> Comment on The real power of “scripting” / interpreted languages by ivoras http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2008/06/08/the-real-power-of-scripting-interpreted-languages/#comment-1372 ivoras Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:49:44 +0000 http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2008/06/08/the-real-power-of-scripting-interpreted-languages/#comment-1372 Thanks, libmowgli looks interesting! Thanks, libmowgli looks interesting!

]]> Comment on The real power of “scripting” / interpreted languages by William Pitcock http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2008/06/08/the-real-power-of-scripting-interpreted-languages/#comment-1371 William Pitcock Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:46:54 +0000 http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2008/06/08/the-real-power-of-scripting-interpreted-languages/#comment-1371 devel/libmowgli is ISC licensed and contains some useful stuff. but it's mostly for my own code (although suggestions and patches are accepted provided they have a usecase somewhere). devel/libmowgli is ISC licensed and contains some useful stuff. but it’s mostly for my own code (although suggestions and patches are accepted provided they have a usecase somewhere).

]]> Comment on How slow is VMWare (Server)? by ivoras http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2007/09/29/how-slow-is-vmware/#comment-1344 ivoras Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:33:32 +0000 http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2007/09/29/how-slow-is-vmware/#comment-1344 I don't see any problems with what you want to do. Maybe the first thing you should do is decide which aspects of the system you want to measure and measure each of them separately; for example: CPU, IO, context switching, etc. Then you can compare the system in each of the categories. I don’t see any problems with what you want to do. Maybe the first thing you should do is decide which aspects of the system you want to measure and measure each of them separately; for example: CPU, IO, context switching, etc. Then you can compare the system in each of the categories.

]]> Comment on How slow is VMWare (Server)? by bleser http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2007/09/29/how-slow-is-vmware/#comment-1331 bleser Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:48:51 +0000 http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2007/09/29/how-slow-is-vmware/#comment-1331 Hi, I am writing my diploma about virtualization. In the last part of my work i want to test using some benchmarks (one of them is unixbench). I've instaled two kinds of virtual machines on Ubunu 8.04 on my Toshiba T2330 (2 GB RAM): Vmware Workstation 6.04 and Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6.2. Vmware has got a lot of usefull function like cloning or taking a snapshot. But how can i test them? I want to run unixbench on my host system, then run openSuse 11 on vmware and test with unixbench, and the run virtualbox with openSuse 11 on virtual machine and then - compare it.. Do u think is it good idea? I also wanto to test by IOmeter, but i have some problems to run it on ubuntu;/ Is there any other tests/benchmarks i can use for my work? Thanks for advice. Hi, I am writing my diploma about virtualization. In the last part of my work i want to test using some benchmarks (one of them is unixbench). I’ve instaled two kinds of virtual machines on Ubunu 8.04 on my Toshiba T2330 (2 GB RAM): Vmware Workstation 6.04 and Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6.2. Vmware has got a lot of usefull function like cloning or taking a snapshot. But how can i test them? I want to run unixbench on my host system, then run openSuse 11 on vmware and test with unixbench, and the run virtualbox with openSuse 11 on virtual machine and then – compare it.. Do u think is it good idea?

I also wanto to test by IOmeter, but i have some problems to run it on ubuntu;/

Is there any other tests/benchmarks i can use for my work?

Thanks for advice.

]]> Comment on A functional LiveCD, finally by FreeBSD 7.0 LiveCD released | FreeBSD - the unknown Giant http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2007/07/13/a-functional-livecd-finally/#comment-1327 FreeBSD 7.0 LiveCD released | FreeBSD - the unknown Giant Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:08:03 +0000 http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2007/07/13/a-functional-livecd-finally/#comment-1327 [...] Voras has now created a FreeBSD 7 LiveCD . This is part of his 2007 Google Summer of Code project, finstall, a graphical FreeBSD installer [...] [...] Voras has now created a FreeBSD 7 LiveCD . This is part of his 2007 Google Summer of Code project, finstall, a graphical FreeBSD installer [...]

]]> Comment on Perils of .0 releases by Perils of .0 releases | FreeBSD - the unknown Giant http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2007/11/27/perils-of-0-releases/#comment-1326 Perils of .0 releases | FreeBSD - the unknown Giant Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:59:12 +0000 http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2007/11/27/perils-of-0-releases/#comment-1326 [...] of FreeBSD 7.0 there are still some issues and bugs that need to be resolved. Ivan has done a post outlining where issues and problems can be expected, but he assures 7.0 is still perfectly [...] [...] of FreeBSD 7.0 there are still some issues and bugs that need to be resolved. Ivan has done a post outlining where issues and problems can be expected, but he assures 7.0 is still perfectly [...]

]]> Comment on finstall alpha2 by FreeBSD 7.0 Beta4 LiveCD | FreeBSD - the unknown Giant http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2007/12/10/finstall-alpha2/#comment-1325 FreeBSD 7.0 Beta4 LiveCD | FreeBSD - the unknown Giant Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:51:54 +0000 http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2007/12/10/finstall-alpha2/#comment-1325 [...] The ISO can be downloaded here and more information can be found here. [...] [...] The ISO can be downloaded here and more information can be found here. [...]

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