Linux World Canada Show, April 24-26, 2006

[Fraser Campbell]

J. Qiang Li wrote:

> Xen can run windows now?? 
> 
> from xen homepage: A port of Windows XP was developed for an earlier version of Xen, but is not
> available for release due to licence restrictions.

Xen can sort of run windows.  If you have processors with Intel's VT 
extensions then you can run unmodified operating systems (Windows, 
Solaris, older Linux, etc.).

It works in theory now, how well it works in practise I do not know. 
Eventually I'll be trying VT for running older Linuxes (SLES8) but for 
now have not tried it.

AMD Pacifica extensions are to be released sometime this year and they 
will enable the same capability on Opteron.
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