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

[Sriram Popuri]

What processor were you using?
I guess it supports VT.

~Sriram

On 8/12/07, Sriram Narayanan <sriramnrn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
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