[ug-bosug] [ug-posug] Windows XP on Xen

[Sriram Narayanan]

On 8/11/07, Moinak Ghosh <moinak.ghosh at sun.com> wrote:
> 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.
>

I'd figured this out yesterday after I sent out my mail. Here are some
initial results.

http://dynamicproxy.livejournal.com/20611.html

>
>    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.
>

Yup. I've read about this, and will be mentoring a B.E. project on a
Xen management console idea by some engg students I know (from Nashik
in Maharashtra) to whom I've given this idea.

I could not try this yesterday because the xen build 66 has some
strange issues with the broadcom based card that I have on one of my
quad core dell boxes. I have another dell box where b55 and b68 worked
just fine, so I'm going to try xen b66 on that box after I send out
this mail.

-- Sriram