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Re: [Xen-devel] Xen on VMware - how to install ?

To: "JHJE (Jan Holst Jensen)" <jhje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Xen on VMware - how to install ?
From: Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 11:05:55 +0100
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> > We've generally found that Xen runs just fine on VMware.
> 
> Ah! Sweet music in my ears :-) !

I've used Xen fine on VMWare Workstation 3.2 and 4.0 on both
Windows and Linux.

I have tried accessing a disk via vmware in quite a while, but it
sounds like your blow up is way too early for this to be the cause.
 
> /sbin/grub is version 0.93 (says so when I start it) on both the demo CD
> and in my VM. File sizes are identical: 196220 bytes. However, file date
> is Jan 25 2003 in my RedHat VM and Jun 25 2003 on the demo CD -
> different build ? I could copy grub from the demo CD and reinstall it in
> the boot sector, and see if that helps.

Copying grub off the boot CD seems a sensible way forward.

Ian


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