Re: [CentOS] Virtualization software to install Windows as guest on CentOS 5 as host ?

2010-02-04 Thread John R Pierce
Christopher Chan wrote: On Thursday, February 04, 2010 03:48 PM, Hadi Motamedi wrote: Dear All I need to install Windows as guest on my CentOS 5 as host . Can you please give me the link to download the requierd rpm package for this purpose ? Thank you yum install kvm Then

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization software to install Windows as guest on CentOS 5 as host ?

2010-02-04 Thread Christopher Chan
On Thursday, February 04, 2010 04:04 PM, John R Pierce wrote: Christopher Chan wrote: On Thursday, February 04, 2010 03:48 PM, Hadi Motamedi wrote: Dear All I need to install Windows as guest on my CentOS 5 as host . Can you please give me the link to download the requierd rpm package for

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization software to install Windows as guest on CentOS 5 as host ?

2010-02-04 Thread Christopher Chan
On Thursday, February 04, 2010 04:14 PM, Christopher Chan wrote: On Thursday, February 04, 2010 04:04 PM, John R Pierce wrote: Christopher Chan wrote: On Thursday, February 04, 2010 03:48 PM, Hadi Motamedi wrote: Dear All I need to install Windows as guest on my CentOS 5 as host . Can you

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization software to install Windows as guest on CentOS 5 as host ?

2010-02-04 Thread John R Pierce
I may be mistaken, but I thought those were only available to RHN subscribers, and are not open source or free to redistribute. The virtio block drivers? Really? I think I remember something about it being leaked...need to check Nope

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization software to install Windows as guest on CentOS 5 as host ?

2010-02-04 Thread MHR
2010/2/3 Hadi Motamedi motamed...@hotmail.com: Dear All I need to install Windows as guest on my CentOS 5 as host . Can you please give me the link to download the requierd rpm package for this purpose ? I use VMWare Server - it's free from VMWare, though I'm using version 1.0.8, and I hear

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization software to install Windows as guest on CentOS 5 as host ?

2010-02-04 Thread Ned Slider
John R Pierce wrote: I may be mistaken, but I thought those were only available to RHN subscribers, and are not open source or free to redistribute. The virtio block drivers? Really? I think I remember something about it being leaked...need to check Nope

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization software to install Windows as guest on CentOS 5 as host ?

2010-02-04 Thread Sergej Kandyla
Christopher Chan wrote: On Thursday, February 04, 2010 03:48 PM, Hadi Motamedi wrote: Dear All I need to install Windows as guest on my CentOS 5 as host . Can you please give me the link to download the requierd rpm package for this purpose ? Thank you yum install kvm Then

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization software to install Windows as guest on CentOS 5 as host ?

2010-02-04 Thread Chan Chung Hang Christopher
Sergej Kandyla wrote: Christopher Chan wrote: On Thursday, February 04, 2010 03:48 PM, Hadi Motamedi wrote: Dear All I need to install Windows as guest on my CentOS 5 as host . Can you please give me the link to download the requierd rpm package for this purpose ? Thank you yum

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization software to install Windows as guest on CentOS 5 as host ?

2010-02-04 Thread mattias
No no no not kvm Vmware are the best -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] För Chan Chung Hang Christopher Skickat: den 4 februari 2010 16:19 Till: centos@centos.org Ämne: Re: [CentOS] Virtualization software to install Windows as

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization software to install Windows as guest on CentOS 5 as host ?

2010-02-04 Thread Drew
I know nothing about vmware and virtualbox on this score. VMware ESX(i) has their own set of optimized drivers for disks (and Lan). Forget the names off the top but they are paravirtualised and are available for Linux Windows. -- Drew Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization software to install Windows as guest on CentOS 5 as host ?

2010-02-04 Thread Drew
No no no not kvm Vmware are the best Yes and No. Each has their own strengths and their own weaknesses. I use ESXi in production because the smaller footprint and 3rd party tools I have make management backup exceptionally simple to use. I'm also supporting a mixed Windows / Linux shop so I

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization software to install Windows as guest on CentOS 5 as host ?

2010-02-04 Thread Les Mikesell
On 2/4/2010 9:47 AM, Drew wrote: I know nothing about vmware and virtualbox on this score. VMware ESX(i) has their own set of optimized drivers for disks (and Lan). Forget the names off the top but they are paravirtualised and are available for Linux Windows. Yes, if someone is starting

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization software to install Windows as guest on CentOS 5 as host ?

2010-02-04 Thread Frank Cox
On Thu, 2010-02-04 at 12:36 +, Ned Slider wrote: I might be wrong, but I don't think the freely available drivers are signed, unlike the virtio drivers supplied by Red Hat through the Supplementary channel which are signed. The download page that was just posted here says: QUOTE: Code

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization software to install Windows as guest on CentOS 5 as host ?

2010-02-04 Thread Ned Slider
Frank Cox wrote: On Thu, 2010-02-04 at 12:36 +, Ned Slider wrote: I might be wrong, but I don't think the freely available drivers are signed, unlike the virtio drivers supplied by Red Hat through the Supplementary channel which are signed. The download page that was just posted here

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization software to install Windows as guest on CentOS 5 as host ?

2010-02-04 Thread Les Mikesell
On 2/4/2010 10:14 AM, Drew wrote: No no no not kvm Vmware are the best Yes and No. Each has their own strengths and their own weaknesses. I use ESXi in production because the smaller footprint and 3rd party tools I have make management backup exceptionally simple to use. I'm also

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization software to install Windows as guest on CentOS 5 as host ?

2010-02-04 Thread John R Pierce
Ned Slider wrote: Yes, you can sign the drivers yourself, but the issue as I understand it is that for the drivers to work with Windows (Vista, Server 2008, Win7 ??), they need to be signed by a cert that has a chain of trust to Microsoft's root cert. Red Hat (and others) have such a cert

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization software to install Windows as guest on CentOS 5 as host ?

2010-02-04 Thread John R Pierce
Drew wrote: I know nothing about vmware and virtualbox on this score. VMware ESX(i) has their own set of optimized drivers for disks (and Lan). Forget the names off the top but they are paravirtualised and are available for Linux Windows. the drivers are called 'vmware tools'.

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization software to install Windows as guest on CentOS 5 as host ?

2010-02-03 Thread Neil Aggarwal
I need to install Windows as guest on my CentOS 5 as host. Can you please give me the link to download the requierd rpm package for this purpose ? The RedHat Virtualization Guide gives you all the info you will need:

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization software to install Windows as guest on CentOS 5 as host ?

2010-02-03 Thread Christopher Chan
On Thursday, February 04, 2010 03:48 PM, Hadi Motamedi wrote: Dear All I need to install Windows as guest on my CentOS 5 as host . Can you please give me the link to download the requierd rpm package for this purpose ? Thank you yum install kvm Then search for virtio drivers. Redhat