[Xen-users] Windows 7 already installed

[Simon Vernhes <simon@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I would like to install a XEN system, to boot up a Archlinux & Windows 7 
(which are both already installed)
I would mainly use Archlinux, and occasionally run some heavy graphics 
games under Windows 7 (without the need of rebooting)
So I have some questions :
1) Is it possible to run Windows 7 under the hypervisor and sometimes 
baremetal ? Or once it has been run under Xen, there's no way back ?
2) Should I let Windows on its physical partition, or move it on a disk 
image file (the Windows partition usage is 50% of 500go)
3) All access to Windows will be done through VNC ? Is there any problem 
about reactivity ?
4) Is it okay to use the dom0 as the main Os

Some info :
* intel i5 3570K, ASRock Z77 Pro 3, 8go RAM, Radeon HD 7870
* Partition :
  - sda1 : Windows 7 (boot ?) partition
  - sda2 : Windows 7 OS - NTFS
  - sda3 : NTFS partition
  - sda4 : ext4 Archlinux/Xen
* Also, i would like to use passthrough for Windows

Is there a good example of xen configuration for this particular use ?


Thanks
Simon.

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