I recently installed Dynamips (via GNS3) on a laptop running Ubuntu. It’s duo-core 1.5Mhz (I think) CPU with 2 gigs of RAM. I was able to get the full IE topology running. I now have the Dynamips Workbooks from IE as well. Everything was rocking until I got to the BGP section of the lab. My CPU(s) maxed out and I was seeing EIGRP neighbors randomly dropping. I mucked about with different idlepc settings, but I couldn’t get the CPU load to drop. I was disappointed because I really want to use Dynamips so that I have a virtual rack available at any time. So I bought myself a Christmas gift:

Status Update: Back From The Dead