<quote who="James Gray"> > So my question to the group is simply this; has anyone had success > running any of the following under Xen as guest operating systems > (preferably in a business/enterprise setting)?
Xen is designed around the idea of 'paravirtualisation', which requires modifications to the guest operating system. The Cambridge labs that have now spun off into XenSource did have Windows running under Xen at one point, but only because they had access to the source. Can't quite do it with an XP CD out of the box. :-) Right now, with Xen, you are mostly limited to Linux, but there is work being done on other operating system support such as OpenSolaris. You might want to look into VMWare - you can start with the VMWare Server product at *no cost*, and move up to their enterprisey versions later on if you require the (very impressive) functionality. - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2007: Sydney, Australia http://lca2007.linux.org.au/ "Ever since GNOME development began, I have urged people to aim to make it as good as the Macintosh. To try to be like Windows is to try for second-best." - Richard Stallman -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
