From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thorolf Godawa Subject: Unmodified Windows etc on XEN 3.0 with Intel/VT or AMD/Pacifica Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 21:04:12 +0100 Message-ID: <43DD1FBC.80209@godawa.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xensource.com To: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Hi all, since I need an answer for my problem pretty fast and I think that in this group I can find more experienced people I post my questions again. XEN 3.0 supports starting unmodified xenU-domains with the upcomming Intel and AMD-processors and I have some questions according to this. - How can I install an OS like Windows in such an environement? With Linux (or even OS/2) it works quite easy, install it in a mounted image-directory or unzip it there, edit the config-files start it and login with telnet or ssh, Linux also works with the xen-console. But Windows needs a graphical connection like VNC what is not standard on Windows and it is hard to configure Windows from the commandline. If I have an W2k-image that I can start with XEN and "xm list" tells me that it is running, how can I access it? - How works the network-configuration in Windows or OS/2? Linux gives me my ethN that I can configure even without physical interface and its working, but for Windows or OS/2 I probably need an "dummy"-network-interface-card which I can install and configure. - If I use a Processor with x86-64-support, should I install the x86-64-version of Linux or just the i386 if most xenU-domains just will be x86? The advantage with x86-64 is that it uses memory above 4GB better but is there a disadvantage with x86-only-guests? Thanks a lot for your answers or where do I find more informations about XEN-support for Intel/VT or AMD/Pacifica. -- Chau y hasta luego, Thorolf