All, I'm very intriqued with the new Xen / Win XP guest OS functionality that should be available soon, or maybe already is. Does anyone know a url / wiki / blog that has uptodate info? What I know: To get Xen to work with a vanilla Win XP as guest OS you need support in your host OS, Xen, your CPU, and your motherboard/bios. Xen 3.0 is supposed to have the basics for the support, but I'm not positive it has actually been tested with all of the above. See http://www.planetx64.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=49 Intel has released at least one CPU that supports the VT. ie. the new features required to support the above. See http://www.intel.com/products/processor/pentiumXE/index.htm My concern is this footnote: Φ Intel(r) Virtualization Technology and Intel(r) Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel(r) EM64T) require a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, enabling software and/or operating system, device drivers and applications designed for these features. Performance will vary depending on your configuration. Contact your vendor for more information. So, as expected, a MB (or computer) with VT support is also required. Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer The Norcross Group Forensics for the 21st Century
If anyone besides me cares, I did find a status page at: http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/IntelVT Greg On 4/20/06, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> wrote:
All,
I'm very intriqued with the new Xen / Win XP guest OS functionality that should be available soon, or maybe already is.
Does anyone know a url / wiki / blog that has uptodate info?
What I know:
To get Xen to work with a vanilla Win XP as guest OS you need support in your host OS, Xen, your CPU, and your motherboard/bios.
Xen 3.0 is supposed to have the basics for the support, but I'm not positive it has actually been tested with all of the above.
See http://www.planetx64.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=49
Intel has released at least one CPU that supports the VT. ie. the new features required to support the above.
See http://www.intel.com/products/processor/pentiumXE/index.htm
My concern is this footnote:
Φ Intel(r) Virtualization Technology and Intel(r) Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel(r) EM64T) require a computer system with a processor, chipset, BIOS, enabling software and/or operating system, device drivers and applications designed for these features. Performance will vary depending on your configuration. Contact your vendor for more information.
So, as expected, a MB (or computer) with VT support is also required.
Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer The Norcross Group Forensics for the 21st Century
-- Greg Freemyer The Norcross Group Forensics for the 21st Century
I just came across the HP XW4300 which can be configured with a VT cpu. And the base chipset also supports VT per http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/IntelVT No comment about the bios, but hopefully it has the necessary features. I've seen them described as minor updates. I haven't seen any list postings etc. that says th XW4300 works with Xen/XP, but I will be looking for those today. If all of this looks promising, I may order one of these in a fewdays. Greg -- Greg Freemyer The Norcross Group Forensics for the 21st Century
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