Xen users - Mar 2006 - Re: Hardware requirements to run Windows on Xen

As far as I know from experience if your motherboard has a bios update that says
it supports presler microcode then you''re set. One gotcha is you may
need
something simple like a celeron d chip to get your motherboard to boot to get
the
bios update installed. (As the 3 montherboards I''ve seen won''t
boot presler chips
without bios update.

Adam Wendt
IPCoast, Inc.

On Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:45 , Yasir Assam <list1@endlessvoid.com> sent:
>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
>
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