>From: Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> >Date: 2007/09/20 Thu PM 03:53:03 CDT >To: For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: New SATA Hard Drive >Phil Meyer wrote: >> Karl Larsen wrote: >>> Today I installed the SATA hard drive I ordered and on the >>> motherboard I found a SATA power plug and I plugged this drive into >>> the SATA1 plug. I looked at the BIOS and it calls it an IDE drive but >>> way out in position. I saw no way to tell BIOS it is really a SATA >>> drive. I guess this is normal :-) >>> >>> I went looking for the new hard drive with "fdisk" and it was >>> called /dev/sdf by this F7 computer. I plan to put Windows XP in the >>> first partition so it will be happy. It's an 8 GB partition so it >>> will be enough since I will never use it. >>> >>> Linux will be this F7 transfered to that hard drive in parts. Or >>> it may be a whole new load. This has not been worked out yet. >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> Karl, cat /proc/cpuinfo and look for vm in the flags. You way want to >> give up dual boot in favor of virtual OSes. Makes life much easier if >> there is a Windows app you just cannot live without. >> >> Its no good for gaming or video intensive apps right now, but most >> else it works at normal performance using the kvm module and qemu-kvm. >> >> You can test easily enough. >> >> # modprobe kvm-intel >> or >> # modprobe kvm-amd >> >> No errors on the command line? >> >> # dmesg | tail >> >> No errors regarding the kvm module? >> >> You can successfully run windows (or whatever) using the kvm switch on >> your CPU and the kvm module built into the newer kernels. >> >> # yum install kvm qemu ( you need both versions of qemu because all >> the utilities are not included in the kvm package) >> >> No need to reboot again, ever! :) >> >> Good Luck! >> >> > Phil no idea who the words were for. Nothing you said has anything >to do with a SATA hard drive. > > > >-- > > Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI > Linux User > #450462 http://counter.li.org. > >-- >fedora-list mailing list >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list The words were for you, Karl. He is giving you an alternative to dual booting your system by running a virtual machine. I know about your new SATA drive, how you know that you don't have to dual boot if you don't want to. ~~R
