[ug-bosug] Windows XP on Xen

[Moinak Ghosh]

Sriram Narayanan wrote:
> Folks:
>
> I was able to install and boot Windows XP on Xen on Solaris. This was
> based on the special b66 based DVD.
>
> I'm busy figuring out how to access the primary partition via the
> /dev/rdsk/ hierarchy which would enable me to boot the natively
> installed XP.
>   

   /dev/dsk/cNdNpN where cNdN can be figured out by running
   format and then press CTRL+C. Or run df -h and see the device
   that is mounted on the root fs "/".

   pN refers to the primary partition numbers: p1 to p4.
   /dev/dsk/cNdNp0 is a device node that refers to the entire
   physical disk.

> The only changes from the Xen documentation was the cdrom reference.
>
> A bit of googling, and I made the following change to the config file
> disk = [ 'file:/export/home/xen/xpdisk.img,ioemu:hda,w',
> 'file:/export/home/xen/winxpsp2.iso,ioemu:hdc:cdrom,r' ]
>
> But Xen on Solaris works just fine :)
>
> Once again, I'll post the real juicy details later, but for anyone who
> already had the DVD and an XP ISO, go get started !
>   

   BTW I came to know yesterday that live migration of running
   Xen domains are supported. A running Xen domU can be frozen
   for a moment and transferred en-masse to another physical box
   and it continues to run there.

Regards,
Moinak.

> -- Sriram
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