Subject: Re: Run the MSWindows on wd0g as a domU
To: Joel CARNAT <joel@carnat.net>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-xen
Date: 01/20/2007 12:23:22
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>
NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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