Re: [Xen-users] Re: dual boot windows

[Ishaaq Chandy <ishaaq@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks  Jon,
I think I will give it a go - since it is a new machine it won't have any
data to potentially destroy, so the risk is fairly low.

So did the Windows activation thingie annoy you each time you switched from
native to virtual and vice-versa? I don't run the risk of locking it out and
requiring a phonecall to Microsoft?

Cheers,
Ishaaq


Jonathan Ervine wrote:
> 
> On Thursday 10 August 2006 17:17, Ishaaq Chandy wrote:
>> Umm, any clues on this one?
>>
>> Ishaaq
>>
>> On 10/08/06, Ishaaq Chandy <ishaaq@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Hi guys,
>> > I'm new to Xen - in fact I haven't installed it yet - wanted to find
>> out
>> > a bit more before I test the waters.
>> >
>> > Here's what I want to do:
>> >
>> > 1. I'm getting a new Intel Core duo laptop within a couple of days. I
>> > believe the core duo chips have Vanderpool technology so it shouldn't
>> be
>> > a problem getting Xen to run windows unmodified - is this correct?
> 
> If the chips have the Intel Vanderpool extensions then, yes, you should be 
> able to run Windows XP under hardware assisted virtualisation with XEN.
> 
>> > 2. I need to install WIndows normally on the hard-drive. In fact, it
>> > comes pre-installed by the manufacturer, but I don't mind blowing it
>> away
>> > and reinstalling it from scratch if I need to. I plan to run this
>> > installation normally at times when I need to run hardware intensive
>> > software - aka 3D games :)
> 
> You'll probably want to blow it away so that you can get the partitions
> set up 
> correctly. Once you've both WinXP and Ubuntu installed you'll configure
> XEN 
> to use a physical partition to load Windows.
> 
>> > 3. I plan to dual boot to a linux installation (Ubuntu??). This
>> > installation will have Xen installed in it. From here I hope to be able
>> > to load up the Windows installation mentioned in point 2 above when I
>> > need to. Is this possible? Or do I need to (I am hoping to avoid this)
>> > install a second Windows installation (and get the required licenses)
>> > from within Xen?
> 
> I've previously done something very similar with VMware - loading Windows
> from 
> a raw partition. It did work, however I needed to create a separate
> hardware 
> profile in Windows - one physical, one virtual. Remember that when loading 
> with XEN the hardware *will* appear to change to the Windows installation. 
> This will trigger the Windows Activation utility (again). Within VMware, 
> Windows was a bit unstable until it had successfully redetected things
> like 
> IDE controllers, and PCI buses.
> 
> I'd suggest giving it a go but to be prepared to have several goes before 
> getting it right :-)
> 
> Jon
> 
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