CentOS - Jul 2009 - Window Server 2003 will not run as paravirtualized?

Hello:

According to the Red Hat Virtualization Guide,
Windows Server 2003 32-bit will only run as
a fully virtualized guest on an AMD64 system.

I thought I have seen a lot of discussion about
running paravirtualized Windows on CentOS.  Is
that a bad idea?

	Neil

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2009/7/8 Neil Aggarwal <neil at
jammconsulting.com>:
> Hello:
>
> According to the Red Hat Virtualization Guide,
> Windows Server 2003 32-bit will only run as
> a fully virtualized guest on an AMD64 system.
>
> I thought I have seen a lot of discussion about
> running paravirtualized Windows on CentOS. ?Is
> that a bad idea?
>
> ? ? ? ?Neil
>
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> If so, ask me about our geographically redudant database system.
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AFAIK you can only run any windows version in paravirtualized mode
only in vmware server, not in Xen or KVM which are the virtualization
technologies CentOS supports.

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>I thought I have seen a lot of discussion about
>running paravirtualized Windows on CentOS.  Is
>that a bad idea?
It's not a bad idea, it's just not a possible one :)
What you have seen is talk of the paravirt *drivers* that
you use in an HVM domain to improve the otherwise useless
performance. As windows is not opensource, the Xen guys have
not been able to write code on their side to paravirtualize
it...

However, there has been some agreements done with Windows
Server 2008 and "Enlightenments" but I haven't followed it.

Setup an HVM, install windows, and give James Harpers GPLPV
Drivers a go.

jlc