ken wrote:
> It sounds like you and I want to do the same thing: run XP and Linux
> under Xen on a laptop.
>
> I don't remember all the web pages I went to. But a good place to start
> reading is wikipedia. Go there and search for "xen". That page has a
> good explanation of the technology and its capabilities and good links
> to other web pages. Eventually you'll get to <xensource.org>... I think
> that's the website. The wikipedia link in the first paragraph below is
> good too.
>
> hth,
> ken
>
> On 09/27/2007 12:56 PM David C. Rankin wrote:
>> Ladislav Slezak wrote:
>>> Basil Chupin wrote:
>>>> ken wrote:
>>>>> There's a couple reasons for running xen, but the major one for me is to
>>>>> be able to run XP without having to reboot into it. From reading some
>>>>> docs though, it seems that I'd need a different CPU from what I have (an
>>>>> Intel Pentium M processor, basically a Pentium 6 with mobility
>>>>> technology). So does this suck? Or is it okay?
>>> No, this processor doesn't have the virtualization support, see e.g.
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Virtualization_Technology
>>> for more information.
>>>
>>>>> Secondly (if I get past the first hurdle, above), as is typical, XP was
>>>>> installed when I bought the machine and I got no install CD. Do I need
>>>>> an install CD/DVD for XP to make it a domU?
>>> The easiest way is to install it using CD/DVD. For moving an existing
>>> installation you need a p2v (physical to virtual) tool. AFAIK there are only
>>> commercial tools, but some of them have a free trial version.
>>>
>>>>> The docs say that ACPI doesn't yet work on xen (meaning my battery's
>>>>> going to drain faster), but that this should be fixed in future. Has
>>>>> this future come yet? (Yeah, docs can go out-of-date.)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm due for an upgrade, would like to upgrade into xen, but I'm
>>>>> pessimistic it'll work. Does anyone have any firsthand experience with
>>>>> any of this or otherwise have authoritative info?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Much appreciated.
>>>> Doesn't answer your questions, but this may be of interest when you are
>>>> considering using Xen - a quote from the description of Xen in the Yast2
>>>> Software Management:
>>>>
>>>> "A port of Windows XP was developed for an earlier version of Xen, but
>>>> is not available for release due to license restrictions."
>>> This is about paravirtualized system, in a fully virtualizated guest you
>>> don't
>>> need any modification to the guest OS (so in theory you can run any OS in a
>>> Xen
>>> guest) but you need virtualization support in the CPU.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ladislav
>>>
>> Where can I read more about what Zen requires. I'm dual-booting 10.2 and
>> XP on my laptop at present and I would like to install XP into a
>> virtual machine within 10.2. I have a P4 duo-core processor. Where can I
>> get more info to see if Zen will work or whether I will have to try a
>> closed source vmware-Workstation.
>>
>>
>
>
Excellent Ken!
If we have gotten to the point where XP has been reduced to a
virtualized app running under a Linux oss virtual machine - oh, the coup
de ta that will be!
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