Re: Run the MSWindows on wd0g as a domU

On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 11:46:36PM +0100, Joel CARNAT
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to try xen on my Dell D420 that has the
hardware virtualization
> module. My question is : is there any known issue to
run an already
> installed Windows instance inside netbsd/dom0 ? the
idea is to be able to
> boot the windows when I need my 3G card and to not have
2 windows install.

I never tried this; when I tried winXP on xen3-hvm I started
from scratch
using the XP install CD. There may be issues with disk and
graphic
drivers, I don't know if windows can easily support
switching from
one driver to another. Especially for disk controller, if
you have a
IDE controller in native mode, windows will probably see a
different BIOS
number of the drive in Xen and native, and this may prevent
it
from booting at all.

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyerantioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la
difference
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