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From: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@eu.citrix.com>
Subject: Re: Re: how to balloon memory with a Windows guest
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Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:52:28 +0000
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James Harper wrote:
>> To balloon a Windows guest, you need a balloon driver installed in
>> Windows.  You can find them here:
>>  http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenWindowsGplPv
>>     
>
> The code to support ballooning isn't really working yet. It's on my list
> of things to do but hasn't been high priority at this point.
>   
In that case, you might look at the binary Citrix drivers provided along 
with the Xen Cloud Edition.  I believe the installer can be found on the 
main iso available on the xen.org website.  However, I've never 
installed them, and there may be some extra steps required to get them 
working.

 -George