Todd Deshane
2011-Jul-06 19:02 UTC
[Xen-users] Getting Started with Xen (was Re: Xen question from Chowder@irc.freenode.net #xen)
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Leonardo Sanchez <absolutezero1287@gmail.com> wrote:> Hello. My name is Leo. I go by Chowder on IRC.Hi Leo, This is a great question for the xen-users list. We can point you to some resources to help you get started. You might want to start here and then ask more specific questions. http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenCommonProblems#head-4b4404ec496185f363b90a8505c623ae8ef12905 Thanks, Todd> I''m studying IT at an > online university and their are certain tools that just work better on > Windows. > This is a bit of a pain for me since I''m an avid Linux user and > staunch supporter of OSS but there''s just not getting around it. > I decided on Xen because I figured that it was a lot easier than > having to go through the grueling process of messing with partitions, > backing up data, and reinstalling another OS. > > I have a lot of questions about Xen but I''m not entirely certain on > how to organize them so I think its best that I explain what I want to > accomplish > I want to be able to... > -- Run multiple operating systems at the same time or only my main one > (Dom0) if needed > -- Share files between multiple operating systems > -- use my VMs in a manner that will allow the underlying OS full > access to the hardware, i.e. Windows 7 should be able to access all > 4GB of my machine''s RAM as opposed to some preset limit > *** I imagine that running multiple OSs at once will mean that access > to RAM has to be restricted for obvious reasons. I will, however, only > be using one OS at a time. > > Not sure if my specs are relevant but here they are: > Intel Core i5 > 4GB RAM > NVidia GeForce 512MB vram > > Thanks for letting me contact you. I''m currently running on ArchLinux > but I''m a little wary about setting up Xen since I''ve never done it > before. It really seems like running Xen on my laptop is the best > option but since its my main work machine I have to be sure that I > know what I''m doing. >-- Todd Deshane http://www.linkedin.com/in/deshantm http://www.xen.org/products/cloudxen.html http://runningxen.com/ _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users