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[Xen-users] Hardware suggestion and XEN selection

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Subject: [Xen-users] Hardware suggestion and XEN selection
From: CS - Ronald Wiplinger <ronald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 09:46:25 +0800
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I got two machines to setup:

A. existing one:
AMD Athlon, 2GB RAM,
C: used for Windows XP (40 G), D: used for Windows data
two partitions, each 40 G are not used yet

I would like to use the two partitions to setup XEN and within XP, SuSE Linux 10.1, Puppy Linux 1.09CE and Puppy Linux 2.0alpha. SuSE should be my main window, while XP will be used only if there is no Linux counterpart, Puppys are used for developments.

Q.:
1. Which distribution should I use for XEN (SuSE 10.1 minimal system with development?) I worry, that if no development is included I cannot upgrade, and since XEN is still in a development status, it might be necessary. (Maybe I am wrong at all in that point, please correct me!) 2. Can I use the existing partition (C: = Windows) within a new virtual machine? (as well as the data partition d:)



B. New machine
It should get XEN, XP, SuSE, Puppy 1.09CE and Puppy 2.0alpha on a fresh hard disk.

Q:
What advice would you give me to select the right machine? Which processor, processor speed, how much RAM? others I should take care of?

Thanks for your help!

bye

Ronald


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