To whom it may concern, I see in the overview page of Xen that a port of Windows XP was developed for an earlier version, but is no longer available, due to licensing restrictions... Are any Windows O/S''s supported? What about Windows 2000? Thanks in advance Joe F... _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Joseph Fisher wrote:> To whom it may concern, > > I see in the overview page of Xen that a port of Windows XP was developed for an earlier version, but is no longer available, due to licensing restrictions... > > Are any Windows O/S''s supported? > > What about Windows 2000?As the Windows kernel needs to be modified and Microsoft controls distribution (and the source) -- No. However, Xen is adding support for Vanderpool/VT (Intel) and Pacifica (AMD) which will allow *unmodified* guests to run (Like Solaris, Windows, etc). I think it will be working for the Xen 3.0 release, however I''m not sure about availability of hardware. -- Jeb Campbell jebc@c4solutions.net _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On 16 Jun 2005, at 20:26, Jeb Campbell wrote:> Joseph Fisher wrote: > >> To whom it may concern, >> I see in the overview page of Xen that a port of Windows XP was >> developed for an earlier version, but is no longer available, due >> to licensing restrictions... >> Are any Windows O/S''s supported? >> What about Windows 2000? >> > > As the Windows kernel needs to be modified and Microsoft controls > distribution (and the source) -- No. > > However, Xen is adding support for Vanderpool/VT (Intel) and > Pacifica (AMD) which will allow *unmodified* guests to run (Like > Solaris, Windows, etc). > > I think it will be working for the Xen 3.0 release, however I''m not > sure about availability of hardware.Is there not a chance microsoft would make a modified version available to people who already have licenses? Or are they more concerned with pushing their own virtual server product... _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users