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Old 12-09-2008, 12:26 PM   #1
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paravirtualize xp on my RHEL5 by xen


My h/w supports only paravirtualization with xen.I've 786MB ram,can anyone help me how to do the virtualization.
 
Old 12-12-2008, 04:31 AM   #2
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In order to run a proprietary operating system like XP without HVM-capable hardware you are going to need an emulation-style hypervisor, like VMware Server, QEMU or VirtualBox. One thing I would say is that your experience won't be ideal with such a small amount of memory available.
 
Old 12-16-2008, 07:58 AM   #3
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In order to run a proprietary operating system like XP without HVM-capable hardware you are going to need an emulation-style hypervisor, like VMware Server, QEMU or VirtualBox. One thing I would say is that your experience won't be ideal with such a small amount of memory available.
Thanks mallux ,I installed xp as my guest on VMWARE server in my RHEL5 successfully,But with no audio,no USB,no file sharing between host and guest,can u plz help me..
 
Old 12-17-2008, 03:49 AM   #4
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This should just involve adding the relevant devices to your guest; please have a look at the following blog post and try the steps described:

http://mazimi.wordpress.com/2007/06/...vmware-server/
 
Old 12-19-2008, 07:23 AM   #5
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thanks mallux a lot,your link was so much useful..
 
  


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