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Re: [Xen-users] can i start xp in fedora with xen?

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] can i start xp in fedora with xen?
From: Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:31:57 +0000
Cc: "Ian P. Christian" <pookey@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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It's in the FAQ on the Wiki...  it's just hard to actually *find* the FAQ on 
the wiki ;-)

We really ought to organise it a bit better...  More useful links on the front 
page would be a good start!

Cheers,
Mark

On Monday 21 November 2005 14:50, Ian P. Christian wrote:
> On Monday 21 November 2005 11:22, Ernst Bachmann wrote:
> > Start off by aquiring the Windows XP source code from Microsoft.
> > There are several (legal) ways to do this, most include ridiculous large
> > sums of money or political pressure from your government.
> >
> > If you happen to work at an university doing research MS is interested
> > in, you might also have luck and they already have the source.
> >
> > Then start patching the source + recompile XP. Good luck.
> >
> > It might be faster and cheaper to just wait for the next generation of
> > Intel/AMD CPUs with hardware virtualization support, with those you won't
> > need a modified Guest OS.
>
> Rather then a wonderfully sarcastic answer... should more infomration about
> Xen/Windows not be added to the FAQ? Then we can tell users to RTFM or
> wahtever.. but attacking users on the list when it's not clearly documented
> is a little silly.  Perhaps it is in the FAQ, I don't think it was last
> time I looked.

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