Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:15:32 -0700 From: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@mittelstaedt.us> To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VirtualBox for FreeBSD in an Intel Atom processor Message-ID: <4C493384.5050107@mittelstaedt.us> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikm5DIuxRgoNrn8PSP--RyRjo8v88i3vIB3XsPO@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikm5DIuxRgoNrn8PSP--RyRjo8v88i3vIB3XsPO@mail.gmail.com>
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On 7/22/2010 3:24 AM, Harald Servat wrote: > Hello list, > > I'm planning to buy an Intel Atom based computer and install FreeBSD > (probably 8.1) on it, and II was wondering which are my options to run > VirtualBox. > > First of all, recent Intel Atom processors do not support Intel VT-x. > According on the section of Troubleshooting of [1] it seems that VT-x is no > needed, but according to [2] it seems that VT-x is needed for 64 bit guest. > If this is correct, does it mean that in I'd be only able to install 32 bits > guests in that machine? Even if I install FreeBSD-amd64? > > Another topic would be responsiveness, I know that Atom are not speedy, > but has anyone used it to virtualize another Linux (with or without X11) and > Windows (XP or 7)? > > Thank you very much! > > [1]http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox > [2] http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#intro-64bitguests About 3 months ago I picked up from Fry's Electronics a brand new motherboard + processor for about $50. The CPU is a 2.5Ghz Intel Celeron E3300. I put a spare 1GB stick of ram in it I had lying around. The board itself is a clone BTC I think. I split the disk into a 1GB Windows XP partition and FreeBSD 8 for the rest of it. This runs a session of XP in a VirtualBox that is literally just as fast as XP running natively on the same box. You cannot tell the difference. In fact, in some cases I think the XP session under virtualization runs -faster-. I use the XP session to run Vsphere Client since I manage some ESXi servers. I personally think you could do better than the Atom. Ted
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