Re: Xen on NetBSD 4.0-RELEASE and Windows HVM

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

Thanks. Nice write up and would definitely help me following the step.
I am going to try it this week and will keep posted. I am also trying
to do exactly what you are trying to do. I do much of my work on BSD
but need windows for VPN and Corp stuff.

A couple of questions:

1. When is 3.2 expected to be available on NetBSD?

2. What is the long term viability of Xen generally speaking? It seems
to be a little bit more involved in setting up compared to Linux KVM
and more Linux Distros seem to be avoiding it.

3. Are there any (preferred) long term virtualization solution for
NetBSD (like KVM for linux) [My admin wants to move all Unix to Linux
with KVM]

Thanks again.

-D

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Joel CARNAT <joel%carnat.net@localhost> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
>  > 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.
>  >
>
>  I used to run it on a Dell D420.
>  It ran well, except I had the CPU running at full speed, to the laptop was
>  quite hot very quick.
>
>
>  > If anyone has any writeup they can post on the steps and procedures in
>  > additional to the HOWTO, that would be very much appreciated.
>
>  I wrote some notes there:
>  
> http://www.tumfatig.net/docs/00_tut/virtual/NetBSD%20-%20virtual%20LAN%20with%20Xen3.php
>  There's not much why&how ; just facts&conf so that I can concentrate on
>  remembering other things ;-)
>
>  I found that Win 2003 was running smoother than Win XP on my installation.
>  No idea why. I use Win2K3 to connect to my work (via VPN), read work email
>  with Outlook and do the MS Office job. Access via TSE, it runs like a
>  native one.
>
>
>  >
>  > 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.
>  >
>  > Are there nay plans to produce a NetBSD/Xen distribution that
>  > installed Xen and NetBSD as Dom0 without separate installation?
>  >
>
>  A Xen installation is just a NetBSD installation, plus a few packages to
>  install.
>  My personal opinion(c) is that duplicating the process is not worth the
>  work to maintain it.
>
>  Hope it helps,
>      Jo
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