Is there anything out there that would say what packages are needed to be able to do an install of windows systems on a Linux distro? I would like to keep dom0 as spartan as possible and only install what is needed for an install of windows. I have a pretty minimal install of Slack that will run all of my Linux domU''s but am not sure if anything else is needed for windows domUs, is X a requirement, etc, etc? Thanks for any tips, Jon _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> Is there anything out there that would say what packages are needed to > be able to do an install of windows systems on a Linux distro? I would > like to keep dom0 as spartan as possible and only install what is needed > for an install of windows. I have a pretty minimal install of Slack that > will run all of my Linux domU''s but am not sure if anything else is > needed for windows domUs, is X a requirement, etc, etc?I think the requirements are pretty similar as for PV domUs... You may need SDL development packages installed and building the VNC server might require some X-related header files... but you don''t actually need to install or run an X server on the dom0. You also need bcc for compiling some HVM guest-related goop. If you installed from binary packages, this should be a non-issue anyhow and it''ll probably Just Work (assuming you have HVM-capable hardware). You can either use the VNC server to export Windows'' framebuffer or you can just use the SDL interface over SSH X-forwarding. Cheers, Mark -- Dave: Just a question. What use is a unicyle with no seat? And no pedals! Mark: To answer a question with a question: What use is a skateboard? Dave: Skateboards have wheels. Mark: My wheel has a wheel! _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Mark Williamson wrote:>> Is there anything out there that would say what packages are needed >> to be able to do an install of windows systems on a Linux distro? I >> would like to keep dom0 as spartan as possible and only install what >> is needed for an install of windows. I have a pretty minimal install >> of Slack that will run all of my Linux domU''s but am not sure if >> anything else is needed for windows domUs, is X a requirement, etc, >> etc? > > I think the requirements are pretty similar as for PV domUs... > > You may need SDL development packages installed and building the VNC > server might require some X-related header files... but you don''t > actually need to install or run an X server on the dom0. You also > need bcc for compiling some HVM guest-related goop. > > If you installed from binary packages, this should be a non-issue > anyhow and it''ll probably Just Work (assuming you have HVM-capable > hardware). > > You can either use the VNC server to export Windows'' framebuffer or > you can just use the SDL interface over SSH X-forwarding.You can also use a distro that has vaguely sane package management, rather than building it yourself. The published "jailtime" OS images for RedHat based operating systems are very useful this way: you then install the Xen packages on top of that, using yum to sort out the dependencies. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users