Re: [CentOS] Window Server 2003 will not run as paravirtualized?

2009-07-08 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>OK, so the drivers are paravirtualized, not the >entire OS. I think I get it. Yeah, instead of me paraphrasing and probably butchering what is well stated, have a quick read of this article. Lots of good info... http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid94_gci1281856_mem

Re: [CentOS] Window Server 2003 will not run as paravirtualized?

2009-07-08 Thread Neil Aggarwal
geographically redudant database system. > -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Joseph L. Casale > Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:28 PM > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Win

Re: [CentOS] Window Server 2003 will not run as paravirtualized?

2009-07-08 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>> No. Vmware is no different than Xen or any other in this respect, they >> also don't have access to the source and therefore cannot provide a modified >> version of the OS. > >But Vmware and I think Virtualbox are capable of running unmodified >Windows guests even on CPU's lacking the vt capabil

Re: [CentOS] Window Server 2003 will not run as paravirtualized?

2009-07-08 Thread Les Mikesell
Joseph L. Casale wrote: >> AFAIK you can only run any windows version in paravirtualized mode >> only in vmware server, not in Xen or KVM which are the virtualization >> technologies CentOS supports. > > No. Vmware is no different than Xen or any other in this respect, they > also don't have acces

Re: [CentOS] Window Server 2003 will not run as paravirtualized?

2009-07-08 Thread Victor Padro
2009/7/8 Joseph L. Casale : >>AFAIK you can only run any windows version in paravirtualized mode >>only in vmware server, not in Xen or KVM which are the virtualization >>technologies CentOS supports. > > No. Vmware is no different than Xen or any other in this respect, they > also don't have acces

Re: [CentOS] Window Server 2003 will not run as paravirtualized?

2009-07-08 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>AFAIK you can only run any windows version in paravirtualized mode >only in vmware server, not in Xen or KVM which are the virtualization >technologies CentOS supports. No. Vmware is no different than Xen or any other in this respect, they also don't have access to the source and therefore cannot

Re: [CentOS] Window Server 2003 will not run as paravirtualized?

2009-07-08 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>I thought I have seen a lot of discussion about >running paravirtualized Windows on CentOS. Is >that a bad idea? It's not a bad idea, it's just not a possible one :) What you have seen is talk of the paravirt *drivers* that you use in an HVM domain to improve the otherwise useless performance. A

Re: [CentOS] Window Server 2003 will not run as paravirtualized?

2009-07-08 Thread Victor Padro
2009/7/8 Neil Aggarwal : > Hello: > > According to the Red Hat Virtualization Guide, > Windows Server 2003 32-bit will only run as > a fully virtualized guest on an AMD64 system. > > I thought I have seen a lot of discussion about > running paravirtualized Windows on CentOS.  Is > that a bad idea?

[CentOS] Window Server 2003 will not run as paravirtualized?

2009-07-08 Thread Neil Aggarwal
Hello: According to the Red Hat Virtualization Guide, Windows Server 2003 32-bit will only run as a fully virtualized guest on an AMD64 system. I thought I have seen a lot of discussion about running paravirtualized Windows on CentOS. Is that a bad idea? Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (281)846