RE: [Xen-users] Re: dual boot windows

["Terje J. Hanssen" <nteknikk@xxxxxxxx>]

Turk, JohnX wrote:


> While it may be possible to do, I would strongly recommend against it. The 
> thing is that the virtualized hardware is completely different from what the 
> actual hardware in your system is. Lets say you load Windows on your machine 
> baremetal, it sees a nice new Intel chipset, GeForce video card, and a SATA 
> hard drive. Then when you try to boot that partition with Xen, it suddenly 
> being thrown a completely different set of hardware. It now is seeing a 
> Cirrus Logic video card, some older generic chipset, and an IDE hard drive. 
> This will most likely cause your system to blue screen, or worst case you 
> will have some major data loss.

It seems reasonable to add:
Does there exist any official installation guide for how to install and
setup Linux+Windows on Xen?

Rgds,
Terje J. Hanssen


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