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Re: [Xen-users] Existing windows server to XEN howto?

To: Mr Gabriel <gabriel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Existing windows server to XEN howto?
From: "Fajar A. Nugraha" <fajar@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 20:22:51 +0700
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On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Mr Gabriel <gabriel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I would like to move an existing W2K3 install onto my new super duper xen
> box -- Installing linux based machine is no issue, it's the windows ones
> that keep getting me. I have Acronis which we usually use for bare metal
> restores, and it seems that bare metal restores don't want to work too well
> with XEN, any assistance/help/ideas ?

Whatever restore method you normally use should work, as long as:
- you enabled acpi, apic, and pae on domU config file
- your windows installation has IDE drivers installed (see
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows . Not sure if it'd work
for W2K3 as well though).

-- 
Fajar

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