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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-users] Basic question: Does Windows on Xen work now VT is here?
On 4/28/06, Felix Oxley <felix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: On 28 Apr 2006, at 22:26, David Goodlad wrote: > On 4/27/06, Felix Oxley <felix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Does Windows on Xen work (out-of-the-box) now VT is here? > > Works fine here > >> >> I have seen posts in the mailing list saying that it does, but also >> posts saying that it works through RDP (??). > > RDP == Remote Desktop Protocol: Microsoft's VNC-like protocol. Most > people here use it for their Windows VMs because the VNC/SDL console > support is rather slow. > Why is it necessary to use RDP/VNC? I (foolishly?) envisaged that one could "alt tab" between OSes. I'm not totally sure what you mean by alt-tabbing between OSes. If you mean do a complete switch over to windows and have it takeover all your devices etc, this is not possible. If you've ever run VMWare, Qemu, or other virtualization/emulation packages, these provide a similar interface to what Xen will provide. You can set up an SDL console (a window pops up on your X display) that displays whatever would be displayed on the VM's screen. It's a virtualized video card framebuffer, basically. However, it's not the fastest in the world, so I've found that setting up RDP after Windows is installed is the best solution... Dave -- Dave Goodlad dgoodlad@xxxxxxxxx or dave@xxxxxxxxxx http://david.goodlad.ca/ _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
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