Xen users - Mar 2010 - Best non-Xen environment to create a WinXP HVM to move to Xen hosting

I have a Xen box that currently runs Linux PV instances, and for various reasons
I need
to add a WinXP instance for my own use with a couple of large apps on it. The
box is in a
colo environment where it''s not very convenient to sit and do installs,
so I''d like to
prepare an instance at my office, using a non-Xen environment, get everything
installed,
then move the instance over to my Xen server on an external hard drive.

  I don''t have a Xen box at my office, so I''m wondering which
environment is best for
preparing and building a WinXP HVM image/instance?

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Chris ''Xenon'' Hanson, omo sanza lettere                  Xenon
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You can use the Xen Live CD to create and install you Windows XP at your
office, after that, just copy the files from your disc to the disc of your
Xen server...   :)

http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/LiveCD

At the Desktop of the Xen Live CD, there is a README file to help you with
the creation of the Windows domU.

Cheers!
Thiago

On 9 March 2010 12:54, Chris ''Xenon'' Hanson
<xenon@alphapixel.com> wrote:
>  I have a Xen box that currently runs Linux PV instances, and for various
> reasons I need
> to add a WinXP instance for my own use with a couple of large apps on it.
> The box is in a
> colo environment where it''s not very convenient to sit and do
installs, so
> I''d like to
> prepare an instance at my office, using a non-Xen environment, get
> everything installed,
> then move the instance over to my Xen server on an external hard drive.
>
>  I don''t have a Xen box at my office, so I''m wondering
which environment is
> best for
> preparing and building a WinXP HVM image/instance?
>
> --
> Chris ''Xenon'' Hanson, omo sanza lettere                 
Xenon
> AlphaPixel.com
> PixelSense Landsat processing now available!
> http://www.alphapixel.com/demos/
> "There is no Truth. There is only Perception. To Perceive is to
Exist." -
> Xen
>
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On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 10:54 PM, Chris ''Xenon'' Hanson
<xenon@alphapixel.com> wrote:
>  I don''t have a Xen box at my office, so I''m wondering
which environment is best for
> preparing and building a WinXP HVM image/instance?
In theory, any virtualization should work, with some efforts. The
usual methods for cloning windows installation can be applied.
I prefer virtualbox though:
- install XP on virtualbox with default settings (which should have
APIC disabled)
- install IDE drivers (just to be sure):
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows
- create suitable xen HVM config
- convert vbox disk image to raw (using "VBoxManage clonehd")

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Fajar

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