Hi all, This is simple research on the present situation of having windows OS on top of XEN. I have got to know that RedHat or SuSE etc doesnt support Windows as a guest OS even if its fully virtualized. But documentation over the net says that there are many people who have successfully installed Windows OS on top of XEN, having LINUX as a host OS(i am not sure about which linux version). So if you have got any information, even if you have not implement it, do comment and those who have successfully installed it then do share it like on which Host system it worked and all . But as far as i know after lot of research that in coming year by end of march RedHat, SuSE would support windows as a guest OS. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Research--%3E-do-participate.....-tf2865994.html#a8009333 Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> -----Original Message----- > From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of anant > Sent: 21 December 2006 15:07 > To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com > Subject: [Xen-users] Research -> do participate..... > > > Hi all, > This is simple research on the present situation of having > windows OS on top > of XEN. > I have got to know that RedHat or SuSE etc doesnt support > Windows as a guest > OS even if its fully virtualized.Well, fully virtualized is the ONLY choice here, so why bring that into the equation. Note also that "not supported" doesn''t mean that it doesn''t work - it just means that you have no comeback should you rely on this feature. If you buy a Land Rover, it may state in the instruction manual that it doesn''t work in water - but it doesn''t mean that you absolute can''t drive it through a river, just that you can''t claim on the warranty if you end up sucking in water through the air-intake...> But documentation over the net says that there are many > people who have > successfully installed Windows OS on top of XEN, having LINUX > as a host OS(i > am not sure about which linux version).The important key here is probably more which version of Xen that the guest is run upon, rather than which OS is used for the host - why would the host matter? It''s just there to allow you to do "xm create" and to translate disk read requests into file-reads, virtual network requests to real network requests, etc. Nothing much depends on the HOST os in a Xen implementation.> > So if you have got any information, even if you have not > implement it, do > comment and those who have successfully installed it then do > share it like > on which Host system it worked and all .Isn''t this pretty meaningless to post on this list - this is a Xen users list, so if they are using Xen, they are bound to use some variant of Linux. It''s not like Debian, Mandriva, Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SuSE Enterprise Linux are entirely differnet host OS''s - they all use the same Linux Kernel - they may have some slightly different sets of patches applied to the kernel and of course.> > But as far as i know after lot of research that in coming > year by end of > march RedHat, SuSE would support windows as a guest OS.That is up to RedHat and SuSE, and based on their evaluation of the Xen version available at the time, I would expect. -- Mats> -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Research--%3E-do-participate.....-tf2865 > 994.html#a8009333 > Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
I dont understand what you are trying to say here. My simple question was is it possible to have windows XP on top of XEN or not. If it is possible then i want to know who have successfully implemented it and how. Have you installed WIndows on top of XEN or you just say what you read. These are two different things. So if you have really implemented it then i would be pleased to know how you achieved that install . If not then that documentation is probably right which says its release is due in coming year by march. Thanks for your reply anyway Petersson, Mats wrote:> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com >> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of anant >> Sent: 21 December 2006 15:07 >> To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> Subject: [Xen-users] Research -> do participate..... >> >> >> Hi all, >> This is simple research on the present situation of having >> windows OS on top >> of XEN. >> I have got to know that RedHat or SuSE etc doesnt support >> Windows as a guest >> OS even if its fully virtualized. > > Well, fully virtualized is the ONLY choice here, so why bring that into > the equation. > > Note also that "not supported" doesn''t mean that it doesn''t work - it > just means that you have no comeback should you rely on this feature. If > you buy a Land Rover, it may state in the instruction manual that it > doesn''t work in water - but it doesn''t mean that you absolute can''t > drive it through a river, just that you can''t claim on the warranty if > you end up sucking in water through the air-intake... > >> But documentation over the net says that there are many >> people who have >> successfully installed Windows OS on top of XEN, having LINUX >> as a host OS(i >> am not sure about which linux version). > > The important key here is probably more which version of Xen that the > guest is run upon, rather than which OS is used for the host - why would > the host matter? It''s just there to allow you to do "xm create" and to > translate disk read requests into file-reads, virtual network requests > to real network requests, etc. Nothing much depends on the HOST os in a > Xen implementation. >> >> So if you have got any information, even if you have not >> implement it, do >> comment and those who have successfully installed it then do >> share it like >> on which Host system it worked and all . > > Isn''t this pretty meaningless to post on this list - this is a Xen users > list, so if they are using Xen, they are bound to use some variant of > Linux. It''s not like Debian, Mandriva, Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux > or SuSE Enterprise Linux are entirely differnet host OS''s - they all use > the same Linux Kernel - they may have some slightly different sets of > patches applied to the kernel and of course. > >> >> But as far as i know after lot of research that in coming >> year by end of >> march RedHat, SuSE would support windows as a guest OS. > > That is up to RedHat and SuSE, and based on their evaluation of the Xen > version available at the time, I would expect. > > -- > Mats >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Research--%3E-do-participate.....-tf2865 >> 994.html#a8009333 >> Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >-- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Research--%3E-do-participate.....-tf2865994.html#a8009809 Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> -----Original Message----- > From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of anant > Sent: 21 December 2006 15:39 > To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com > Subject: [Xen-users] RE: Research -> do participate..... > > > I dont understand what you are trying to say here. > My simple question was is it possible to have windows XP on > top of XEN or not.Yes, it''s possible and works today. At least if we assume that you mean running Windows as a guest-OS on top of Xen - if you mean using Windows as a "Dom0", whilst that''s technically possible to achieve, there''s commercial/legal restrictions that prevent this from happening anytime soon.> If it is possible then i want to know who have successfully > implemented it and how. Have you installed WIndows on top of > XEN or you just say what you read.I have recently installed Windows 2K3 on my machine here.> These are two different things. > So if you have really implemented it then i would be pleased > to know how you > achieved that install .What part of the "install" do you want to know? The steps I took to implement the code in svm.c and friends in the first instance, or the step I took to write the configuration file for the installation, the step(s) I took to insert a DVD in my DVD-drive or something else? The current version of svm.c (which I use a slightly older version of) is available in the XenSource today. [Of course, if you''re using an Intel processor, you''d better ask someone else, as I''m working for AMD and I have not spent any time implementing ANY of the Intel code - aside from some minor work in the shared section of the HVM code]. There''s been several posts with complete or partial configuration files - search the archive of this mailing list. If you can''t get a DVD to work correctly, sorry - you''re on the wrong list.> If not then that documentation is > probably right > which says its release is due in coming year by march. > Thanks for your reply anywayWhich documentation? XenSource just released V3.0.4 which adds to the 3.0.3 by supporting SMP in Windows. What more do you want? Yes, I do understand that this is NOT a shrink-wrapped release from SuSE or RedHat - that will take a few weeks (or more, depending on where in the release cycles they are, as they run releases in their own cycles, not necessarily matching up with Xen). -- Mats> > > Petersson, Mats wrote: > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com > >> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of anant > >> Sent: 21 December 2006 15:07 > >> To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com > >> Subject: [Xen-users] Research -> do participate..... > >> > >> > >> Hi all, > >> This is simple research on the present situation of having > >> windows OS on top > >> of XEN. > >> I have got to know that RedHat or SuSE etc doesnt support > >> Windows as a guest > >> OS even if its fully virtualized. > > > > Well, fully virtualized is the ONLY choice here, so why > bring that into > > the equation. > > > > Note also that "not supported" doesn''t mean that it doesn''t > work - it > > just means that you have no comeback should you rely on > this feature. If > > you buy a Land Rover, it may state in the instruction manual that it > > doesn''t work in water - but it doesn''t mean that you absolute can''t > > drive it through a river, just that you can''t claim on the > warranty if > > you end up sucking in water through the air-intake... > > > >> But documentation over the net says that there are many > >> people who have > >> successfully installed Windows OS on top of XEN, having LINUX > >> as a host OS(i > >> am not sure about which linux version). > > > > The important key here is probably more which version of > Xen that the > > guest is run upon, rather than which OS is used for the > host - why would > > the host matter? It''s just there to allow you to do "xm > create" and to > > translate disk read requests into file-reads, virtual > network requests > > to real network requests, etc. Nothing much depends on the > HOST os in a > > Xen implementation. > >> > >> So if you have got any information, even if you have not > >> implement it, do > >> comment and those who have successfully installed it then do > >> share it like > >> on which Host system it worked and all . > > > > Isn''t this pretty meaningless to post on this list - this > is a Xen users > > list, so if they are using Xen, they are bound to use some > variant of > > Linux. It''s not like Debian, Mandriva, Ubuntu, Red Hat > Enterprise Linux > > or SuSE Enterprise Linux are entirely differnet host OS''s - > they all use > > the same Linux Kernel - they may have some slightly > different sets of > > patches applied to the kernel and of course. > > > >> > >> But as far as i know after lot of research that in coming > >> year by end of > >> march RedHat, SuSE would support windows as a guest OS. > > > > That is up to RedHat and SuSE, and based on their > evaluation of the Xen > > version available at the time, I would expect. > > > > -- > > Mats > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> http://www.nabble.com/Research--%3E-do-participate.....-tf2865 > >> 994.html#a8009333 > >> Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Research--%3E-do-participate.....-tf2865 > 994.html#a8009809 > Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
On Thu, 2006-12-21 at 07:39 -0800, anant wrote:> I dont understand what you are trying to say here.I thought he was pretty clear ...> My simple question was is it possible to have windows XP on top of XEN or > not.Yes, it is if your hardware permits it. Did you bother to read the Xen wiki?> If it is possible then i want to know who have successfully > implemented it and how.Lots of people who read the Wiki, as the how-to''s on the wiki detail ...> These are two different things. > So if you have really implemented it then i would be pleased to know how you > achieved that install .Read the wiki .. , www.xensource.com is a great place to start ..> If not then that documentation is probably right > which says its release is due in coming year by march.I think you''ve illustrated a problem and I''m not quite sure what can be done about it. Many people are putting up tutorials, documentation on their own personal wikis which gets into search engines, sometimes on top of XenSource depending on the SEO efforts of the webmaster. Then, they never bother to update the information, some of it is not even dated. People go to Google, find this information and get instantly confused. You''ll find this list is very helpful and open / friendly to anyone who has at least *tried* something and shows obvious signs of reading the Xen wiki. Indications of this would be : "I tried to install Windows as a HVM guest as outlined in this howto (link..) , but its failing because of this error (log snippet), did I follow an old tutorial or something? Where did I go wrong?" ... is good. "Does windows run on top of Xen?" ... not good. In other words : go read the wiki Best, -Tim _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
As Mats said, it is possible. If you search the mailing list, you''ll see that many people have done it. In fact, many of these people are helping others do it, so following these types of threads will tell you how to do it. But to answer your original question: With the help of another list user, I successfully ran WinXP under Fedora Core 5 back in May 2006. I got a hold of one of the earliest available Intel VT chips (Pentium D 940) inside a Dell Precision 380, and made sure VT was enabled in the BIOS. I used Xen 3.0.2-2 in HVM (fully virtualized) mode. Here is the post where he told me how to do it: http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-users/2006-05/msg00661.html Steve Brueckner, ATC-NY -----Original Message----- From: anant [mailto:ANigam@uclan.ac.uk] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:39 AM To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: [Xen-users] RE: Research -> do participate..... I dont understand what you are trying to say here. My simple question was is it possible to have windows XP on top of XEN or not. If it is possible then i want to know who have successfully implemented it and how. Have you installed WIndows on top of XEN or you just say what you read. These are two different things. So if you have really implemented it then i would be pleased to know how you achieved that install . If not then that documentation is probably right which says its release is due in coming year by march. Thanks for your reply anyway Petersson, Mats wrote:> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com >> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of anant >> Sent: 21 December 2006 15:07 >> To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com >> Subject: [Xen-users] Research -> do participate..... >> >> >> Hi all, >> This is simple research on the present situation of having windows OS >> on top of XEN. >> I have got to know that RedHat or SuSE etc doesnt support Windows as >> a guest OS even if its fully virtualized. > > Well, fully virtualized is the ONLY choice here, so why bring that > into the equation. > > Note also that "not supported" doesn''t mean that it doesn''t work - it > just means that you have no comeback should you rely on this feature. > If you buy a Land Rover, it may state in the instruction manual that > it doesn''t work in water - but it doesn''t mean that you absolute can''t > drive it through a river, just that you can''t claim on the warranty if > you end up sucking in water through the air-intake... > >> But documentation over the net says that there are many people who >> have successfully installed Windows OS on top of XEN, having LINUX as >> a host OS(i am not sure about which linux version). > > The important key here is probably more which version of Xen that the > guest is run upon, rather than which OS is used for the host - why > would the host matter? It''s just there to allow you to do "xm create" > and to translate disk read requests into file-reads, virtual network > requests to real network requests, etc. Nothing much depends on the > HOST os in a Xen implementation. >> >> So if you have got any information, even if you have not implement >> it, do comment and those who have successfully installed it then do >> share it like on which Host system it worked and all . > > Isn''t this pretty meaningless to post on this list - this is a Xen > users list, so if they are using Xen, they are bound to use some > variant of Linux. It''s not like Debian, Mandriva, Ubuntu, Red Hat > Enterprise Linux or SuSE Enterprise Linux are entirely differnet host > OS''s - they all use the same Linux Kernel - they may have some > slightly different sets of patches applied to the kernel and of course. > >> >> But as far as i know after lot of research that in coming year by end >> of march RedHat, SuSE would support windows as a guest OS. > > That is up to RedHat and SuSE, and based on their evaluation of the > Xen version available at the time, I would expect. > > -- > Mats >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Research--%3E-do-participate.....-tf2865 >> 994.html#a8009333 >> Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >-- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Research--%3E-do-participate.....-tf2865994.html#a8009 809 Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ 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
On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 07:39:20AM -0800, anant wrote:> > I dont understand what you are trying to say here. > My simple question was is it possible to have windows XP on top of XEN or > not. If it is possible then i want to know who have successfully > implemented it and how. Have you installed WIndows on top of XEN or you just > say what you read.Hardware: Dell Latitude D820, Core 2 Duo 7400 CPU. Software: Debian Testing (etch), Xen 3.0.3, Windows XP SP2.> These are two different things. > So if you have really implemented it then i would be pleased to know how you > achieved that install . If not then that documentation is probably right > which says its release is due in coming year by march.I installed Xen from the source available in the main Xen mercurial repository. The kernel for my dom0 was built using "make mkpatches" in the Xen source directory, and applying the resulting patch to the relevant linux kernel tree. My only problems have been (a) a failed attempt at installing an earlier version of Xen had left behind a copy of the qemu-dm, which meant that I couldn''t boot a domain at all, and (b) an ongoing problem with the networking scripts (see my posts to this list for details -- it shouldn''t stop you from installing Windows in the first place, though). Hugo. -- === Hugo Mills: hugo@... carfax.org.uk | darksatanic.net | lug.org.uk == PGP key: 1C335860 from wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net or http://www.carfax.org.uk --- I spent most of my money on drink, women and fast cars. The --- rest I wasted. -- James Hunt _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
anant wrote:> I dont understand what you are trying to say here. > My simple question was is it possible to have windows XP on top of XEN or > not.Yes - it''s possible. Yes - I''ve successfully had Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, and recently Windows 2000 installed via a XEN kernel on SLES 10 (including all updates).> If it is possible then i want to know who have successfully > implemented it and how. Have you installed WIndows on top of XEN or you just > say what you read.Yes - I''ve done this. Only on a disk image file as it was purely for testing and demo purposes. I found it was easier to build the image via Qemu first and then use this image via XEN. I have however, built images entirely through XEN - albeit some months ago and had a few install stability issues (seem to be much improved in the latest SLES 10 releases and by reducing the Dom0 memory)> These are two different things. > So if you have really implemented it then i would be pleased to know how you > achieved that install . If not then that documentation is probably right > which says its release is due in coming year by march. > Thanks for your reply anywayYou can *only* install Windows in a XEN environment if you have the correct hardware from AMD or Intel. There are plenty of posts here that state you need an Intel VT chip or an AMD ''Pacifica'' (I can''t remember the released branding for the chip... Pacifica is a much cooler name :-) ). You can verify that you have this type of chip by looking at /proc/cpuinfo (AMDs have the svn flag - I can''t remember what Intel''s have... google is your friend here). As you can probably guess, my install system was an AMD system, with 4GB of RAM. I''ve used both 32 bit and 64 bit kernels for XEN and been able to run 32 bit Windows. I''ve not yet been able to install 64 bit Windows - keeps barfing on the ACPI stuff (although I''ve not had a go again for a while lately). Hopefully some of this helps clarify that it is indeed possible on the correct hardware. Jon _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> state you need an Intel VT chip or an AMD ''Pacifica'' (I can''t remember > the released branding for the chip... Pacifica is a much > cooler name :-)Maybe it''s cooler, but it''s also trademarked by some other company, so it''s not a good name for a product from AMD - unless we want to be sued. AMD-V or AMD Virtualization Technology is the official marketing name. SVM (Secure Virtual Machine) is the engineering product name.> ). You can verify that you have this type of chip by looking at > /proc/cpuinfo (AMDs have the svn flag - I can''t remember what Intel''s > have... google is your friend here).Flag is called "svm" on AMD processors and "vmx" (for Virtual Machine eXtension) on Intel. -- Mats> > As you can probably guess, my install system was an AMD > system, with 4GB > of RAM. I''ve used both 32 bit and 64 bit kernels for XEN and been able > to run 32 bit Windows. I''ve not yet been able to install 64 > bit Windows > - keeps barfing on the ACPI stuff (although I''ve not had a go > again for > a while lately). > > Hopefully some of this helps clarify that it is indeed possible on the > correct hardware. > > Jon > > _______________________________________________ > 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
> -----Original Message----- > From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of anant > Sent: 21 December 2006 15:07 > To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com > Subject: [Xen-users] Research -> do participate..... > > > Hi all, > This is simple research on the present situation of having > windows OS on top > of XEN. > I have got to know that RedHat or SuSE etc doesnt support > Windows as a guest > OS even if its fully virtualized. > But documentation over the net says that there are many > people who have > successfully installed Windows OS on top of XEN, having LINUX > as a host OS(i > am not sure about which linux version). > > So if you have got any information, even if you have not > implement it, do > comment and those who have successfully installed it then do > share it like > on which Host system it worked and all .I have myself installed on a couple of different Fedora Core versions (4 i686 and 4-pre-x86_64), using mainly the at time of installation current version of Xen-unstable (of course, there are several updates per day on this, so the exact version is hard to determine). Hardware All and any of: Pre-production AMD Athlon64 Dual Core (several different CPU''s) Production Athlon64 FX-62. Pre-production[1] Opteron 2216 dual core, dual socket (4 cores in total). Configurations used: Xen-32 Xen-32p [pae] Xen-64 OS installation. Windows 2003 Server, 32-bit version. Windows XP from pre-installed image (produced by one of my collegues). [1] These are essentially the same as the current production silicon, but they are marked as "Engineering sample" as the production silicon was not available when I got those. There are no functional differences when it comes to the ability to run HVM. -- Mats _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
At 2006-12-21 07:06 -0800, anant wrote:>Hi all, >This is simple research on the present situation of having windows OS on top >of XEN. >I have got to know that RedHat or SuSE etc doesnt support Windows as a guest >OS even if its fully virtualized. >But documentation over the net says that there are many people who have >successfully installed Windows OS on top of XEN, having LINUX as a host OS(i >am not sure about which linux version). > >So if you have got any information, even if you have not implement it, do >comment and those who have successfully installed it then do share it like >on which Host system it worked and all . > >But as far as i know after lot of research that in coming year by end of >march RedHat, SuSE would support windows as a guest OS. >-- >View this message in context: >http://www.nabble.com/Research--%3E-do-participate.....-tf2865994.html#a8009333 >Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > >_______________________________________________ >Xen-users mailing list >Xen-users@lists.xensource.com >http://lists.xensource.com/xen-usersI got Win XP Pro 32 bit running as an HVM under SuSE 10.1. I didn''t do much with it but it was up and running. In the process I learnt more than I really wanted to know about disk layouts, file systems and boot procedures. These all seem to be prerequisites for getting Xen to work. An unwillingness to dirty the mind with such details seems to be a recipe for failure. Geoff Streeter _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
anant wrote:> Hi all, > This is simple research on the present situation of having windows OS on top > of XEN. > I have got to know that RedHat or SuSE etc doesnt support Windows as a guest > OS even if its fully virtualized. > But documentation over the net says that there are many people who have > successfully installed Windows OS on top of XEN, having LINUX as a host OS(i > am not sure about which linux version). > > So if you have got any information, even if you have not implement it, do > comment and those who have successfully installed it then do share it like > on which Host system it worked and all . > > But as far as i know after lot of research that in coming year by end of > march RedHat, SuSE would support windows as a guest OS.I recently (last week) attended a seminar with Novell/SuSE/Xen people here in Sweden, and after a bit of arm-twisting, they admitted that they (read SLES = SuSE Linux Enterprise) are planning to actually support Windows DomU''s sometime late quarter one next year. This was mentioned as one positive (side-) effect of the recent Novell-Microsoft agreement (or whatever it''s called). At the same time they admitted to the fact that there''s no serious problems known at this time, i.e. any recent Windows version should run just fine in a Xen DomU (as is proved by lots of people on this list). Mind you, I haven''t had time to test it myself yet. Just my 2 cents... /Lars _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:19:50 +0100 > From: Lars Stavholm <stava@telcotec.se> > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Research -> do participate..... > To: anant <ANigam@uclan.ac.uk> > Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com > Message-ID: <458ADE56.7000609@telcotec.se> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > anant wrote: > > Hi all, > > This is simple research on the present situation of having > windows OS on top > > of XEN. > > I have got to know that RedHat or SuSE etc doesnt support > Windows as a guest > > OS even if its fully virtualized. > > But documentation over the net says that there are many > people who have > > successfully installed Windows OS on top of XEN, having > LINUX as a host OS(i > > am not sure about which linux version). > > > > So if you have got any information, even if you have not > implement it, do > > comment and those who have successfully installed it then > do share it like > > on which Host system it worked and all . > > ...As a part of my testing effort of HVM at AMD I routinely test WinXPSP2EE and Win2K3_Enterprise 32bit guests on xen-unstable and AMD xen builds with the underlying Linux of the Dom0 of SuSE10.0. This includes 64bit, 32bit, and 32bitPae xen builds. The MS guests generally work fine, keeping in mind I am trying to break them and my Linux guests ;-0 I have also tested both Microsoft guest versions on Rhel5B2 and SLES10.2GMC with their own version of XEN with no problems. Curtis -- XEN of AMD Curtis W. Rendon _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
This is what i read about SuSE/Novell that they are planning to support windows DomU sometime late quarter next yr. Which forced me to start this thread. So after going through all the responce that i got in this thread, there is no doubt left . Windows OS can be installed over XEN. I am having Fedora core 6 as a host and XEN 3.0.3 and after a lot of tries i was able to install SuSE 10 on top of XEN and that too i have to start using command in terminal. It doesnt start when i do it from VMM. Anyway , when i tried to install windows OS on top of it, immediately after setup completes VM disappear and then i cant even open it using command line. Only blank screen appears. I choosed FC6 and XEN 3.0.3 because XEN was included in the installation of FC6 and i dont have interent for that system to install it after host OS installation. May be there is some problem with this version. And about my processor..yeh it is fully virtualized intel VT PRO....as follows [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 2128.098 cache size : 2048 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm bogomips : 5322.02 processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 15 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz stepping : 6 cpu MHz : 2128.098 cache size : 2048 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc up pni monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm bogomips : 5322.02 And memory info as follows.... In total RAM is 1024MB but when i terminal shows like this after DOM0 starts up [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 398720 kB MemFree: 11692 kB Buffers: 14064 kB Cached: 191996 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 128492 kB Inactive: 158788 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 398720 kB LowFree: 11692 kB SwapTotal: 2097144 kB SwapFree: 2097144 kB Dirty: 8 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 81264 kB Mapped: 35828 kB Slab: 18400 kB PageTables: 5564 kB NFS_Unstable: 0 kB Bounce: 0 kB CommitLimit: 2296504 kB Committed_AS: 368468 kB VmallocTotal: 450552 kB VmallocUsed: 6524 kB VmallocChunk: 443508 kB AND WHEN I START DOMU SuSE 10 as guest on top of it memory info is like this.... [root@localhost ~]# xm create /etc/xen/linux_test Using config file "/etc/xen/linux_test". Started domain linux_test [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 398720 kB MemFree: 3452 kB Buffers: 15288 kB Cached: 179664 kB SwapCached: 0 kB Active: 148100 kB Inactive: 146272 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 398720 kB LowFree: 3452 kB SwapTotal: 2097144 kB SwapFree: 2097144 kB Dirty: 92 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 99472 kB Mapped: 38416 kB Slab: 18184 kB PageTables: 6824 kB NFS_Unstable: 0 kB Bounce: 0 kB CommitLimit: 2296504 kB Committed_AS: 418320 kB VmallocTotal: 450552 kB VmallocUsed: 6640 kB VmallocChunk: 443508 kB I dont think its because of memory as i try with one VM at a time ...so SuSE was successful but not windows . Now what do you guys say about my system hardware and all....is it allright to have win xp on top of xen or not. If there is no problem with the processor then i might try this time with some different host and xen version. Is there any other version of linux which incude XEN with its installation. This time i wanna try with that OS which is already been tested. If there is no other OS which include XEN then is there any other way to have XEN if you dont have internet connection like by copying xen on cd or something..... If not then i might arrange internet for that sys.... I desperately need that win xp on top of xen.....So do help me out by sharing your knowledge friends... Thanks a lot to all of you for replying.... Tschuess.. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Research--%3E-do-participate.....-tf2865994.html#a8021952 Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 02:55:19AM -0800, anant wrote:> I am having Fedora core 6 as a host and XEN 3.0.3 and after a lot of tries i > was able to install SuSE 10 on top of XEN and that too i have to start using > command in terminal. It doesnt start when i do it from VMM. > Anyway , when i tried to install windows OS on top of it, immediately after > setup completes VM disappear and then i cant even open it using command > line. Only blank screen appears. > I choosed FC6 and XEN 3.0.3 because XEN was included in the installation of > FC6 and i dont have interent for that system to install it after host OS > installation. > May be there is some problem with this version.The number of people who have it working would tend to suggest that there''s either some problem with the specific packages that you''re using, or there''s a problem with your hardware, or there''s something that you haven''t understood. From here, it''s hard to tell which at the moment -- it could even be some combination of the three.> And about my processor..yeh it is fully virtualized intel VT PRO....as > follows > > [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo > flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36 > clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni > monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lmThis looks OK. You have the VMX flag.> I dont think its because of memory as i try with one VM at a time ...so SuSE > was successful but not windows . > > Now what do you guys say about my system hardware and all....is it allright > to have win xp on top of xen or not.Seems to be OK.> If there is no problem with the processor then i might try this time with > some different host and xen version.It''s possible there''s a problem with your hardware (some BIOSes turn VMX off), but it''s hard to tell with what you''ve posted here. Please give us the output of "xm info", the domain config file you''re using, and the contents of the relevant /var/log/xen/qemu-dm.<n>.log file from starting your Windows VM (i.e. start then VM, then look for the qemu-dm log file with the most recent datestamp).> Is there any other version of linux which incude XEN with its installation.Debian and Ubuntu both have Xen packages. I had the Debian ones working (briefly) last night.> This time i wanna try with that OS which is already been tested. > If there is no other OS which include XEN then is there any other way to > have XEN if you dont have internet connection like by copying xen on cd or > something.....I would suggest trying to build Xen from source, as it''s what worked for me. You can get the source by installing mercurial, and using: $ mkdir xen && cd xen $ hg init $ hg pull http://xenbits.xensource.com/xen-3.0.4-testing.hg $ hg update then tar up the whole directory, copy it to the system you''re trying to set up, and build it using the instructions included. You will also need a 2.6.16.33 kernel tarball, python, the python development package(s), and a couple of other development packages (but you will be told about those if they''re missing when you try to build it). If you do build from source, make sure that you remove all Xen-related packages from your install first, otherwise you could end up with the wrong version of the device model, and nothing will work. Hugo. -- === Hugo Mills: hugo@... carfax.org.uk | darksatanic.net | lug.org.uk == PGP key: 1C335860 from wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net or http://www.carfax.org.uk --- No names... I want to remain anomalous. --- _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Question: - you have Fedora Core 6 as dom0 then you have SuSE10 as domU and on top of this domU you want to install XP??? forget it! or - you have Fedora Core 6 as dom0 and you want XP as domU? where is then the relation to SuSE/Novell? but probably your BIOS doesn''t support Virtualisation... search the entire BIOS for that ... specialy in that places you never think that it could be :-) Gerhard xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com wrote on 22.12.2006 11:55:19:> > This is what i read about SuSE/Novell that they are planning to support > windows DomU sometime late quarter next yr. Which forced me to startthis> thread. So after going through all the responce that i got in thisthread,> there is no doubt left . Windows OS can be installed over XEN. > I am having Fedora core 6 as a host and XEN 3.0.3 and after a lot oftries i> was able to install SuSE 10 on top of XEN and that too i have to startusing> command in terminal. It doesnt start when i do it from VMM. > Anyway , when i tried to install windows OS on top of it, immediatelyafter> setup completes VM disappear and then i cant even open it using command > line. Only blank screen appears. > I choosed FC6 and XEN 3.0.3 because XEN was included in the installationof> FC6 and i dont have interent for that system to install it after host OS > installation. > May be there is some problem with this version. > And about my processor..yeh it is fully virtualized intel VT PRO....as > follows > > [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo > processor : 0 > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > cpu family : 6 > model : 15 > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz > stepping : 6 > cpu MHz : 2128.098 > cache size : 2048 KB > fdiv_bug : no > hlt_bug : no > f00f_bug : no > coma_bug : no > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 10 > wp : yes > flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36 > clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni > monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm > bogomips : 5322.02 > > processor : 1 > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > cpu family : 6 > model : 15 > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz > stepping : 6 > cpu MHz : 2128.098 > cache size : 2048 KB > fdiv_bug : no > hlt_bug : no > f00f_bug : no > coma_bug : no > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 10 > wp : yes > flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36 > clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc uppni> monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm > bogomips : 5322.02 > > And memory info as follows.... > In total RAM is 1024MB but when i terminal shows like this after DOM0starts> up > > [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/meminfo > MemTotal: 398720 kB > MemFree: 11692 kB > Buffers: 14064 kB > Cached: 191996 kB > SwapCached: 0 kB > Active: 128492 kB > Inactive: 158788 kB > HighTotal: 0 kB > HighFree: 0 kB > LowTotal: 398720 kB > LowFree: 11692 kB > SwapTotal: 2097144 kB > SwapFree: 2097144 kB > Dirty: 8 kB > Writeback: 0 kB > AnonPages: 81264 kB > Mapped: 35828 kB > Slab: 18400 kB > PageTables: 5564 kB > NFS_Unstable: 0 kB > Bounce: 0 kB > CommitLimit: 2296504 kB > Committed_AS: 368468 kB > VmallocTotal: 450552 kB > VmallocUsed: 6524 kB > VmallocChunk: 443508 kB > > AND WHEN I START DOMU SuSE 10 as guest on top of it memory info is like > this.... > > [root@localhost ~]# xm create /etc/xen/linux_test > Using config file "/etc/xen/linux_test". > Started domain linux_test > > [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/meminfo > MemTotal: 398720 kB > MemFree: 3452 kB > Buffers: 15288 kB > Cached: 179664 kB > SwapCached: 0 kB > Active: 148100 kB > Inactive: 146272 kB > HighTotal: 0 kB > HighFree: 0 kB > LowTotal: 398720 kB > LowFree: 3452 kB > SwapTotal: 2097144 kB > SwapFree: 2097144 kB > Dirty: 92 kB > Writeback: 0 kB > AnonPages: 99472 kB > Mapped: 38416 kB > Slab: 18184 kB > PageTables: 6824 kB > NFS_Unstable: 0 kB > Bounce: 0 kB > CommitLimit: 2296504 kB > Committed_AS: 418320 kB > VmallocTotal: 450552 kB > VmallocUsed: 6640 kB > VmallocChunk: 443508 kB > > I dont think its because of memory as i try with one VM at a time ...soSuSE> was successful but not windows . > > Now what do you guys say about my system hardware and all....is itallright> to have win xp on top of xen or not. > If there is no problem with the processor then i might try this timewith> some different host and xen version. > Is there any other version of linux which incude XEN with itsinstallation.> This time i wanna try with that OS which is already been tested. > If there is no other OS which include XEN then is there any other way to > have XEN if you dont have internet connection like by copying xen on cdor> something..... > If not then i might arrange internet for that sys.... > I desperately need that win xp on top of xen.....So do help me out by > sharing your knowledge friends... > Thanks a lot to all of you for replying.... > Tschuess.. > > > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Research--%3E- > do-participate.....-tf2865994.html#a8021952 > Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
Well yeh dom0 as FC6 and 1st i tried installing windows as domU but i wasnt successful and then i tried SuSE 10 and it worked. So i guess u can have many VM at the same time . Yeh i know i dont have enough memory but if i dont turn the SuSE on, i dont think it matters... i mean i can install Windows xp then.... I cant run more then 1 VM at the same time cos of less memory i.e.1024MB.... so what do you mean by forget it....? And yeh my BIOS support virtualization as there ws a option to enable or disable virtualiZation and i did enable it... . Question: - you have Fedora Core 6 as dom0 then you have SuSE10 as domU and on top of this domU you want to install XP??? forget it! or - you have Fedora Core 6 as dom0 and you want XP as domU? where is then the relation to SuSE/Novell? but probably your BIOS doesn''t support Virtualisation... search the entire BIOS for that ... specialy in that places you never think that it could be :-) Gerhard -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Research--%3E-do-participate.....-tf2865994.html#a8023032 Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Here are some more details... XM-INFO [root@localhost ~]# xm info host : localhost.localdomain release : 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen version : #1 SMP Mon Oct 16 15:11:19 EDT 2006 machine : i686 nr_cpus : 2 nr_nodes : 1 sockets_per_node : 1 cores_per_socket : 2 threads_per_core : 1 cpu_mhz : 2128 hw_caps : bfebfbff:20100000:00000000:00000140:0000e3bd:00000000:00000001 total_memory : 1005 free_memory : 80 xen_major : 3 xen_minor : 0 xen_extra : .3-rc3-1.2798.f xen_caps : xen-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_32p xen_pagesize : 4096 platform_params : virt_start=0xf5800000 xen_changeset : unavailable cc_compiler : gcc version 4.1.1 20061011 (Red Hat 4.1.1-30) cc_compile_by : brewbuilder cc_compile_domain : build.redhat.com cc_compile_date : Mon Oct 16 14:34:31 EDT 2006 xend_config_format : 2 QEMU-DM qemu-dm.4717.log domid: 2 shared page at pfn:1f3ff, mfn: 15e09 buffered io page at pfn:1f3fd, mfn: 15e0b False I/O request ... in-service already: 0, pvalid: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0 Issued domain 2 reboot Issued domain 2 reboot qemu-dm.5156.log domid: 3 qemu: the number of cpus is 1 shared page at pfn:1f3ff, mfn: 1de09 buffered io page at pfn:1f3fd, mfn: 1de0b char device redirected to /dev/pts/2 False I/O request ... in-service already: 0, pvalid: 0, port: 0, data: 0, count: 0, size: 0 DOMAIN CONFIG FILE abc.conf # Automatically generated xen config file name = "abc" builder = "hvm" memory = "500" disk = [ ''file:/home/bcd,hda,w'', ] vif = [ ''type=ioemu, mac=00:16:3e:29:15:9a, bridge=xenbr0'', ] uuid = "6cee486c-c163-75fd-e4a8-a0bf4600057b" device_model = "/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm" kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" vnc=1 vncunused=1 apic=1 acpi=1 pae=1 vcpus=1 serial = "pty" # enable serial console on_reboot = ''restart'' on_crash = ''restart'' -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Research--%3E-do-participate.....-tf2865994.html#a8023093 Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Anant, i did had zero problems installating a winxp hvm domU on opensuse 10.2, just did this yesterday. Hardware: MSI 9KN Platinum AM2 Athlon 3600 X2 EE cheers frank> > This is what i read about SuSE/Novell that they are planning to support > windows DomU sometime late quarter next yr. Which forced me to start this > thread. So after going through all the responce that i got in this thread, > there is no doubt left . Windows OS can be installed over XEN. > I am having Fedora core 6 as a host and XEN 3.0.3 and after a lot of tries i > was able to install SuSE 10 on top of XEN and that too i have to start using > command in terminal. It doesnt start when i do it from VMM. > Anyway , when i tried to install windows OS on top of it, immediately after > setup completes VM disappear and then i cant even open it using command > line. Only blank screen appears. > I choosed FC6 and XEN 3.0.3 because XEN was included in the installation of > FC6 and i dont have interent for that system to install it after host OS > installation. > May be there is some problem with this version. > And about my processor..yeh it is fully virtualized intel VT PRO....as > follows > > [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo > processor : 0 > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > cpu family : 6 > model : 15 > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz > stepping : 6 > cpu MHz : 2128.098 > cache size : 2048 KB > fdiv_bug : no > hlt_bug : no > f00f_bug : no > coma_bug : no > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 10 > wp : yes > flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36 > clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni > monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm > bogomips : 5322.02 > > processor : 1 > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > cpu family : 6 > model : 15 > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz > stepping : 6 > cpu MHz : 2128.098 > cache size : 2048 KB > fdiv_bug : no > hlt_bug : no > f00f_bug : no > coma_bug : no > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 10 > wp : yes > flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36 > clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc up pni > monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm > bogomips : 5322.02 > > And memory info as follows.... > In total RAM is 1024MB but when i terminal shows like this after DOM0 starts > up > > [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/meminfo > MemTotal: 398720 kB > MemFree: 11692 kB > Buffers: 14064 kB > Cached: 191996 kB > SwapCached: 0 kB > Active: 128492 kB > Inactive: 158788 kB > HighTotal: 0 kB > HighFree: 0 kB > LowTotal: 398720 kB > LowFree: 11692 kB > SwapTotal: 2097144 kB > SwapFree: 2097144 kB > Dirty: 8 kB > Writeback: 0 kB > AnonPages: 81264 kB > Mapped: 35828 kB > Slab: 18400 kB > PageTables: 5564 kB > NFS_Unstable: 0 kB > Bounce: 0 kB > CommitLimit: 2296504 kB > Committed_AS: 368468 kB > VmallocTotal: 450552 kB > VmallocUsed: 6524 kB > VmallocChunk: 443508 kB > > AND WHEN I START DOMU SuSE 10 as guest on top of it memory info is like > this.... > > [root@localhost ~]# xm create /etc/xen/linux_test > Using config file "/etc/xen/linux_test". > Started domain linux_test > > [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/meminfo > MemTotal: 398720 kB > MemFree: 3452 kB > Buffers: 15288 kB > Cached: 179664 kB > SwapCached: 0 kB > Active: 148100 kB > Inactive: 146272 kB > HighTotal: 0 kB > HighFree: 0 kB > LowTotal: 398720 kB > LowFree: 3452 kB > SwapTotal: 2097144 kB > SwapFree: 2097144 kB > Dirty: 92 kB > Writeback: 0 kB > AnonPages: 99472 kB > Mapped: 38416 kB > Slab: 18184 kB > PageTables: 6824 kB > NFS_Unstable: 0 kB > Bounce: 0 kB > CommitLimit: 2296504 kB > Committed_AS: 418320 kB > VmallocTotal: 450552 kB > VmallocUsed: 6640 kB > VmallocChunk: 443508 kB > > I dont think its because of memory as i try with one VM at a time ...so SuSE > was successful but not windows . > > Now what do you guys say about my system hardware and all....is it allright > to have win xp on top of xen or not. > If there is no problem with the processor then i might try this time with > some different host and xen version. > Is there any other version of linux which incude XEN with its installation. > This time i wanna try with that OS which is already been tested. > If there is no other OS which include XEN then is there any other way to > have XEN if you dont have internet connection like by copying xen on cd or > something..... > If not then i might arrange internet for that sys.... > I desperately need that win xp on top of xen.....So do help me out by > sharing your knowledge friends... > Thanks a lot to all of you for replying.... > Tschuess.. > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Research--%3E-do-participate.....-tf2865994.html#a8021952 > Sent from the Xen - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
anant wrote:> This is what i read about SuSE/Novell that they are planning to support > windows DomU sometime late quarter next yr. Which forced me to start this > thread. So after going through all the responce that i got in this thread, > there is no doubt left . Windows OS can be installed over XEN. > I am having Fedora core 6 as a host and XEN 3.0.3 and after a lot of tries i > was able to install SuSE 10 on top of XEN and that too i have to start using > command in terminal. It doesnt start when i do it from VMM. > Anyway , when i tried to install windows OS on top of it, immediately after > setup completes VM disappear and then i cant even open it using command > line. Only blank screen appears. > I choosed FC6 and XEN 3.0.3 because XEN was included in the installation of > FC6 and i dont have interent for that system to install it after host OS > installation. > May be there is some problem with this version. > And about my processor..yeh it is fully virtualized intel VT PRO....as > follows > > [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo > processor : 0 > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > cpu family : 6 > model : 15 > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz > stepping : 6 > cpu MHz : 2128.098 > cache size : 2048 KB > fdiv_bug : no > hlt_bug : no > f00f_bug : no > coma_bug : no > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 10 > wp : yes > flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36 > clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc pni > monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm > bogomips : 5322.02 > > processor : 1 > vendor_id : GenuineIntel > cpu family : 6 > model : 15 > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz > stepping : 6 > cpu MHz : 2128.098 > cache size : 2048 KB > fdiv_bug : no > hlt_bug : no > f00f_bug : no > coma_bug : no > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 10 > wp : yes > flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36 > clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc up pni > monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm > bogomips : 5322.02 > > And memory info as follows.... > In total RAM is 1024MB but when i terminal shows like this after DOM0 starts > up > > [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/meminfo > MemTotal: 398720 kB > MemFree: 11692 kB > Buffers: 14064 kB > Cached: 191996 kB > SwapCached: 0 kB > Active: 128492 kB > Inactive: 158788 kB > HighTotal: 0 kB > HighFree: 0 kB > LowTotal: 398720 kB > LowFree: 11692 kB > SwapTotal: 2097144 kB > SwapFree: 2097144 kB > Dirty: 8 kB > Writeback: 0 kB > AnonPages: 81264 kB > Mapped: 35828 kB > Slab: 18400 kB > PageTables: 5564 kB > NFS_Unstable: 0 kB > Bounce: 0 kB > CommitLimit: 2296504 kB > Committed_AS: 368468 kB > VmallocTotal: 450552 kB > VmallocUsed: 6524 kB > VmallocChunk: 443508 kB > > AND WHEN I START DOMU SuSE 10 as guest on top of it memory info is like > this.... > > [root@localhost ~]# xm create /etc/xen/linux_test > Using config file "/etc/xen/linux_test". > Started domain linux_test > > [root@localhost ~]# cat /proc/meminfo > MemTotal: 398720 kB > MemFree: 3452 kB > Buffers: 15288 kB > Cached: 179664 kB > SwapCached: 0 kB > Active: 148100 kB > Inactive: 146272 kB > HighTotal: 0 kB > HighFree: 0 kB > LowTotal: 398720 kB > LowFree: 3452 kB > SwapTotal: 2097144 kB > SwapFree: 2097144 kB > Dirty: 92 kB > Writeback: 0 kB > AnonPages: 99472 kB > Mapped: 38416 kB > Slab: 18184 kB > PageTables: 6824 kB > NFS_Unstable: 0 kB > Bounce: 0 kB > CommitLimit: 2296504 kB > Committed_AS: 418320 kB > VmallocTotal: 450552 kB > VmallocUsed: 6640 kB > VmallocChunk: 443508 kB > > I dont think its because of memory as i try with one VM at a time ...so SuSE > was successful but not windows . > > Now what do you guys say about my system hardware and all....is it allright > to have win xp on top of xen or not. > If there is no problem with the processor then i might try this time with > some different host and xen version. > Is there any other version of linux which incude XEN with its installation.Well, SuSE Linux has had Xen included since 9.3, and we''re at SuSE Linux 10.2 now. I''ve seen it work very well on SuSE Enterprise 10 (including live migration, very nifty:), but I haven''t tried it myself yet. /Lars> This time i wanna try with that OS which is already been tested. > If there is no other OS which include XEN then is there any other way to > have XEN if you dont have internet connection like by copying xen on cd or > something..... > If not then i might arrange internet for that sys.... > I desperately need that win xp on top of xen.....So do help me out by > sharing your knowledge friends... > Thanks a lot to all of you for replying.... > Tschuess.._______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users