[NTLUG:Discuss] NTLUG workshops

[Brian Koontz]

On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 12:13:16PM -0700, Burton Strauss III wrote:
> This includes a couple of the common Broadcom chips.  You can use a Linux
> live CD and check what driver is being loaded... See if something ON the
> list uses the same driver, that's _probably_ going to work.  Among the
> common drivers included are: be2net, bnx2x, e1000/e1000e, igb, tg3. Note
> that this doesn't include the Marvell chips, so the NetGear, D-Link and
> Linksys GigE NICs won't work.
...
> FYI- Xen and Kvm (and VirtualBox) run under a Linux OS.  Not bare-metal like
> VMWare, HyperX or XenServer.  If you can't/don't want to dedicate a box to
> being the headless home of VMs, ESXi is NOT for you. It's going to sit there
> day-after-day with an old 15" monitor, mocking you by doing "nothing
> useful".


Wow...I might have to show up just to figure out what the hell you're
talking about.

  --Brian