Re: Xen on NetBSD 4.0-RELEASE and Windows HVM

["Dinesh Nadarajah" <dinesh.nadarajah%gmail.com@localhost>]

For the current moment, i am willing to live without all the bells and
whistles for laptop support. :)

My eagerness it to get HVM running. How is USB and audio/sound support
for HVM guests on Xen 3.1.X?

Thanks.

-D

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 10:06 AM, Steven M. Bellovin 
<smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost> wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:02:58 -0500
>  "Dinesh Nadarajah" <dinesh.nadarajah%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
>  > Hi All:
>  >
>  > I am getting ready to install NetBSD 4.0 and Xen on my Dell Laptop
>  > (D630). Mu ultimate goal it to have it running Windows XP as an HVM
>  > guest.
>  >
>  > If anyone has any writeup they can post on the steps and procedures in
>  > additional to the HOWTO, that would be very much appreciated.
>  >
>  > Any gottas to watch out for?
>  >
>  > Which version of Xen should I be installing? 3.0.x or 3.1.x. I also
>  > see from Xen's site that they have released 3.2.
>  >
>  I think that for a laptop, you really need Xen 3.2, since (as I
>  understand it) Xen doesn't support laptops properly (i.e., power
>  management and suspend/resume) on earlier releases.
>
>
>                 --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
>