Re: Run the MSWindows on wd0g as a domU

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 11:46:36PM +0100, Joel CARNAT wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to try xen on my Dell D420 that has the hardware virtualization
> module. My question is : is there any known issue to run an already
> installed Windows instance inside netbsd/dom0 ? the idea is to be able to
> boot the windows when I need my 3G card and to not have 2 windows install.

I never tried this; when I tried winXP on xen3-hvm I started from scratch
using the XP install CD. There may be issues with disk and graphic
drivers, I don't know if windows can easily support switching from
one driver to another. Especially for disk controller, if you have a
IDE controller in native mode, windows will probably see a different BIOS
number of the drive in Xen and native, and this may prevent it
from booting at all.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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