Has anybody ever tried setting up a multi-seat PC using Xen or QEMU? --- mike t.
----- Original Message ---- > From: Marvin T. Pascual <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, December 9, 2007 11:27:39 AM > Subject: Re: [plug] Virtual Servers > > On Sat, December 8, 2007 12:52 am, jumbz tayamen wrote: > > Is it possible to install a guest OS running X server in a host OS > > without X? > > Yes. > > > If I have a very minimal installation of fedora, is it possible to > > install a guest OS (another fedora) that can run X? > > Yes. > > > also can I run Win2K / vista on top of this minimal install? > > Yes. > > > Is there anyone on the list doing this? > > Yes, me. > > > What are your recommendations for this setup? KVM ? Qemu? Xen? > or > Vmware? > > I personally recommend Xen. > > > can you point me to whitepapers, tutorials for this? > > You can find whitepapers, tutorials, documentations, etc. at > Xen's > website > at http://xen.xensource.com/ and you may also ask Google all about Xen > HVM. > > Basically, there are three (3) types of Xen networking and these > are > the > [1] bridged (the common one), [2] router, and [3] NAT (which I > am > using). > Also, in order for you to install other OS on your Xen dom0 (host > OS), > you > need to consider the full virtualization or the HVM support on > your > setup. > Take note that HVM support relies on the type of processor you > have > and > the chipset of your motherboard. You can search for it at the Xen's > website on the supported processors and motherboard chipsets. For AMD > based processors, as long as you're using AM2 based processor and > motherboard, there's a high chance that you can do a Xen HVM. > > Good luck! =) > > Marvin > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
