xen or kvm?

vishesh · 07-06-2009, 10:58 AM

Dear all

I am using fedora 11 on my laptop. now i want to install windows xp using virtual machine. Should i use xen-kernel or kvm+qemu will be better?
i am confused , guide me in this regard. I also want to mention here that my laptop doesn't have any hardware level virtualization.

thanks

cmdln · 07-06-2009, 01:04 PM

I would just recommend installing virtualbox it's free and works very well.

cmdln · 07-06-2009, 01:06 PM

Also I'm not sure about KVM but xen cannot run in hvm mode without hardware virtualization support.

FYI hvm is unmodified guest (windows can only be run this way).

r0b0 · 07-08-2009, 07:39 AM

KVM will not work without hardware based virtualization.

If XEN can neither, your options are vmware or virtualbox.

R.

vishesh · 07-09-2009, 01:49 PM

Thanks all of you for suggestion, virtualbox is exactly what i looking for.

Thanks

attes · 06-03-2010, 03:06 AM

Hi!

I have an Intel-VT capable processor, and i would like to use some virtualization on my machine. I have debidan os, and would like to have windows os, as guest. I'm trying to find out which way supports more efficient 3D. I would be happy we can find out a way to run games on the quest. I have read many articles about virtualizations, but those are not complaining about games or 3D acceleration.
Anyone can help me out? ( maybe someone tried it before? )
My tip would be KVM.

HasC · 06-03-2010, 07:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by attes

Hi!

I have an Intel-VT capable processor, and i would like to use some virtualization on my machine. I have debidan os, and would like to have windows os, as guest. I'm trying to find out which way supports more efficient 3D. I would be happy we can find out a way to run games on the quest. I have read many articles about virtualizations, but those are not complaining about games or 3D acceleration.
Anyone can help me out? ( maybe someone tried it before? )
My tip would be KVM.

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