Windows 2003 in Xen w/bonus XGL

wavell2003 · 07-13-2006, 10:30 PM

I have to say I am very pleased with Suse 10.1! Here are some screenshots of win2k3 in a xen server on Suse 10.1. XGL works with XEN as well.

http://www.preferit.com/bootwin2k.png

http://www.preferit.com/screenshotinstall.png

http://www.preferit.com/cirrwin2k3.png

http://www.preferit.com/betyoucantdoitlikethis2.png

bushidozen · 07-13-2006, 10:58 PM

What kind of hardware specs does that computer have? Is there any significant slowdown?

And correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought kernels needed to be modified to run in Xen?

wavell2003 · 07-14-2006, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by bushidozen

What kind of hardware specs does that computer have? Is there any significant slowdown?

And correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought kernels needed to be modified to run in Xen?

HP nx6310 with t2400 proc and intel 945GM video. This is a laptop.
Any proc with the VT chipset can do hardware virtualization, which doesn't require a change in the guest OS.

For anyone just tuning in, this means windows can run inside of linux, without knowing it is doing so.

As a side note, if anyone has windows guest host networking working with a verizon EVDO card on the host, let me know!

bushidozen · 07-14-2006, 06:47 PM

Hey that's cool. I was unaware that hardware virtualization had entered the market. Does AMD have the same type of processor?

wavell2003 · 07-14-2006, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by bushidozen

Hey that's cool. I was unaware that hardware virtualization had entered the market. Does AMD have the same type of processor?

AMD has the Pacifica virtualization technology, which isn't supported by XEN yet AFAICS.
I love AMD, but I couldn't wait to see windows work in Linux

VincentB · 04-10-2007, 09:56 AM

All,

Do you know if AMD is now compatible with XEN 3.0 for Windows virtualization on a Linux box? If so, what is the exact reference at AMD?

How can I check if an Intel / AMD cpu is Xen-compatible?

Thanks in advance,
Best regards,

Vincent