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

[Jonathan Ervine <jervine@xxxxxxxxxx>]

It only needed a second activation - one for the physical instance and one for 
the virtual instance. Having the Hardware Profiles set up helped to reduce 
Windows constantly trying to activate itself I think. You can always choose 
not to activate Windows until you're happy you've got it working of course.

Jon

On Friday 11 August 2006 10:41, Ishaaq Chandy wrote:
> 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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