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

To: "Terje J. Hanssen" <nteknikk@xxxxxxxx>, <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Re: dual boot windows
From: "Benn Schreiber" <Benn.Schreiber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:21:09 -0700
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There is an installation guide in the Xen Wiki ("Installing Windows on
Xen"). The link in the wiki points to
http://www.xensource.com/files/xen_install_windows.pdf

Regards,

Benn

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[mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Terje J.
Hanssen
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 1:13 PM
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Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Re: dual boot windows

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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