Re: [Xen-users] can Xen coexist/cooperate with a windows/linux dual-boot system?

["Fajar A. Nugraha" <fajar@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 10:21 PM, richard heade <richard.heade@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Same experience as before, the "create" went okay, the vm console/window
> opened, it brought up the XP install disk, it did the XP install, but when
> it came time to reboot and finish the installation I got "NTLDR is
> missing".  If I do a "direct" (non-Xen) XP install, it boots okay, and when
> I had it set up for a dual-boot it boots okay.

That's odd.

> What is the Xen XP
> installation missing?  Is there an extra step, that everyone forgot to
> mention, where you install NTLDR or some alternate boot loader (like grub)
> to boot XP?

It should work with your config file.

At this point I should probably ask what your goal is, and how
proficient you are with Xen.
If your goal is simply to be able to use Windows on top of Linux, then
using VIrtualbox is MUCH easier. Especially for users new to
Virtualization. It has fullscreen and seamless mode too.

If you want to use Xen for production purposes (e.g. on datacenter
servers), then I highly recommend using RHEL/Centos5 x86_64. They're
stable and easy to setup.

If you simply want to learn about Xen, or absolutely must use
Opensuse, then you might have some issues. There were some seriuos
problems with Opensuse Xen packages (although I'm not sure if your
problem is caused by one of them). Updating to latest packages would
probably help, as well as asking in opensuse list/forum. If that
doesn't work, you might want to install xen from source. I can share
some instructions for that (or search xen-users list archive)

FWIW, here's my Windows domU domU config file under RHEL5,

#==============================
memory = 500

vif = [ 'mac=00:16:3E:48:DE:93, bridge=br62' ]
disk = [ 'phy:/dev/rootVG/winlv,hda,w', 'file:/data/iso/Win.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
boot="cd"

device_model = '/usr/lib64/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
builder='hvm'

sdl=0
vnc=1
vnclisten="0.0.0.0"
vncpasswd=''
stdvga=0
serial='pty'
localtime=1

usbdevice='tablet'
apic=0
acpi=1
pae=1

vcpus=1
cpus="1-7"
#==============================

-- 
Fajar

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