Hello, Apologies if this has been asked before. I''ve never used Xen before and I''d like to buy a new machine to try it on. I''d like to run Windows and Linux on it. I''ve read online that I''ll need either an Intel VT-x or AMD Pacifica chip to be able to run Windows on a Xen server. As far as I know, Pacifica chips aren''t on the market yet, but VT-x chips are in the form of the Pentium-D 9xx CPUs. My question is this: if I buy a Pentium-D 9xx system, how I can tell whether the motherboard/BIOS support hardware virtualization such that I can install and run Windows on Xen? Is there anything else I need to look out for when buying a system for Xen? Thanks, Yasir _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Roland May
2006-Mar-10 16:32 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Hardware requirements to run Windows on Xen
Am Freitag 10 März 2006 06:45 schrieb Yasir Assam:> Hello, > > Apologies if this has been asked before. > > I''ve never used Xen before and I''d like to buy a new machine to try it > on. I''d like to run Windows and Linux on it. > > I''ve read online that I''ll need either an Intel VT-x or AMD Pacifica > chip to be able to run Windows on a Xen server. As far as I know, > Pacifica chips aren''t on the market yet, but VT-x chips are in the form > of the Pentium-D 9xx CPUs. > > My question is this: if I buy a Pentium-D 9xx system, how I can tell > whether the motherboard/BIOS support hardware virtualization such that I > can install and run Windows on Xen?I have a Ausus P5LD2 Deluxe with VT support. But I never tested to run Windows. Because of there is no Packet with xen with enabled VT to find for gentoo;-(> > Is there anything else I need to look out for when buying a system for Xen? > > Thanks, > Yasir > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users