Re: [Xen-users] Network card full virtualized windows

[Igor Fajcik <igor.fajcik@xxxxxxxx>]

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Ignazio, what kind of platform did u used ? 32 or 64bit?
i'm asking because of it looks like 32 bit W2003 do have a problem
with such amount of memory.

does anybody experienced with this ?
32 bit Windows on Xen with mem=2048 or more for domU

ignazio.cassano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> I tried a w2003 installation with mem=2048 but it does not work
> ...... too slow.
>
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> ----- Messaggio da igor.fajcik@xxxxxxxx ---------
>    Data: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:27:29 +0100
>    Da: Igor Fajcik <igor.fajcik@xxxxxxxx>
> Rispondi-A: Igor Fajcik <igor.fajcik@xxxxxxxx>
> Oggetto: Re: [Xen-users] Network card full virtualized windows
>      A: "Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>
>      Cc: ignazio.cassano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>> Hi,
>> may i ask you about W2003 on domU ?
>> i'm experiencing a problem regarding 2GB RAM limit,
>> it doesn't look as W2003 problem, cause it does not boot with
>>
>> mem=2048 or more
>>
>> if there is mem=2047 everything is ok.
>>
>> thx.
>>
>> igor.fajcik@xxxxxxxx
>> www.zooom.sk
>>
>>
>>
>> Petersson, Mats wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>>>> ignazio.cassano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Sent: 17 November 2006 07:22
>>>> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [Xen-users] Network card full virtualized windows
>>>>
>>>> Good morning,
>>>> I installed on xen a windows XP and a Windows 2003 domU.
>>>> Windows operating system does not know the real network card
>>>> but it setup up
>>>> an AMD pcnet card 10mbps.
>>>> Is it possible to setup a full virtualized domU with a real
>>>> network card ?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, that's what I'd expect (although you can choose one of three
>>> different network card types [at least in the latest version(s)].
>>>
>>> It is currently not possible to connect a real network card to a HVM
>>> domain, as that requires address translation from the guest to the
>>> machine memory addresses. If you look for a recent post by me in the
>>> Xen-devel mailing list, you'll see what I mean.
>>>
>>> Note that the 10Mbps is irrelevant, as this is a FAKE network card
>>> supplied by the device model that the virtual machine uses to
>>> "simulate"
>>> the hardware inside the virtual machine.
>>>
>>>
>>>> I installed also windows on a trial xen enterprise and real network
>>>> card seeems to work fine.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's news to me, as I think Xen enterprise actually uses the same
>>> Xen-kernel as the open source version, but has other add-ons.
>>>
>>>> What differences between xen and xen entrprise as far as network
>>>> card
>>>> is concerned ?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I wouldn't know that - there is a mailing list for Xen enterprise.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mats
>>>
>>>> Thanks Igna
>>>>
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