Javier Guerra wrote:
> On 2/18/08, Nico Kadel-Garcia <
nkadel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> The bit about refusing to run with a Xen hypervisor in place was very
>> clear, however. It might be justified, but the refusal to even try to
>> start up seemed excessively harsh. I'm happy to accept a warning that
>> what I'm about to attempt with my software is a bad idea, but I want a
>> reference to exactly what the problem is or at least the ability to try
>> it, anyway, after insisting on the warning.
>>
>
> in most cases, "check; but try anyway" would be a serious bug IMO.
>
> if you're trying to run VMWare on PV, 'trying' would definitely fail,
> and quite possibly crash the whole system. that's because PV doesn't
> emulate hardware, not even close.
>
> if it's refusing to run on HVM... well, it _should_ run, possibly with
> some limitations, and big overhead... but run. then i would say it's
> not nice on VMWare's part
>
>
Javier, I was trying to do this on Dom0, not inside a DomU. I'll take a