Hi, I would like to install a XEN system, to boot up a Archlinux & Windows 7 (which are both already installed) I would mainly use Archlinux, and occasionally run some heavy graphics games under Windows 7 (without the need of rebooting) So I have some questions : 1) Is it possible to run Windows 7 under the hypervisor and sometimes baremetal ? Or once it has been run under Xen, there''s no way back ? 2) Should I let Windows on its physical partition, or move it on a disk image file (the Windows partition usage is 50% of 500go) 3) All access to Windows will be done through VNC ? Is there any problem about reactivity ? 4) Is it okay to use the dom0 as the main Os Some info : * intel i5 3570K, ASRock Z77 Pro 3, 8go RAM, Radeon HD 7870 * Partition : - sda1 : Windows 7 (boot ?) partition - sda2 : Windows 7 OS - NTFS - sda3 : NTFS partition - sda4 : ext4 Archlinux/Xen * Also, i would like to use passthrough for Windows Is there a good example of xen configuration for this particular use ? Thanks Simon.
> -----Original Message----- > From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xen.org [mailto:xen-users- > bounces@lists.xen.org] On Behalf Of Simon Vernhes > Sent: 6. december 2012 15:06 > To: xen-users@lists.xen.org > Subject: [Xen-users] Windows 7 already installed > > Hi, > > I would like to install a XEN system, to boot up a Archlinux & Windows 7 > (which are both already installed) I would mainly use Archlinux, and > occasionally run some heavy graphics games under Windows 7 (without the > need of rebooting) > > So I have some questions : > 1) Is it possible to run Windows 7 under the hypervisor and sometimes > baremetal ? Or once it has been run under Xen, there''s no way back ? > 2) Should I let Windows on its physical partition, or move it on a disk image > file (the Windows partition usage is 50% of 500go) > 3) All access to Windows will be done through VNC ? Is there any problem > about reactivity ? > 4) Is it okay to use the dom0 as the main Os > > Some info : > * intel i5 3570K, ASRock Z77 Pro 3, 8go RAM, Radeon HD 7870Just a comment on your hardware or more specific you processer. The i5 3570K does not support VT-d which will be a showstopper for the heavy graphic games in a windows domU as you will need pci passthrough. You can find the specification here: http://ark.intel.com/products/65520/Intel-Core-i5-3570K-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz .> * Partition : > - sda1 : Windows 7 (boot ?) partition > - sda2 : Windows 7 OS - NTFS > - sda3 : NTFS partition > - sda4 : ext4 Archlinux/Xen > * Also, i would like to use passthrough for Windows > > Is there a good example of xen configuration for this particular use ? > > > Thanks > Simon./kristian
On 06/12/2012 15:40, Kristian Hagsted Rasmussen wrote:>> Some info : >> * intel i5 3570K, ASRock Z77 Pro 3, 8go RAM, Radeon HD 7870 > Just a comment on your hardware or more specific you processer. The i5 3570K does not support VT-d which will be a showstopper for the heavy graphic games in a windows domU as you will need pci passthrough. You can find the specification here: http://ark.intel.com/products/65520/Intel-Core-i5-3570K-Processor-6M-Cache-up-to-3_80-GHz .Well, the adventure stops earlier than expected then :( Thanks anyway !