RE: [Xen-users] xen requirements for windows OS

["Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoff Streeter [mailto:geoff@xxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 30 November 2006 13:36
> To: Petersson, Mats; anant; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [Xen-users] xen requirements for windows OS
> 
> At 2006-11-30 14:06 +0100, Petersson, Mats wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of anant
> > > Sent: 30 November 2006 12:58
> > > To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [Xen-users] xen requirements for windows OS
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > can anybody pls tel me " what are the requirement of xen to
> > > have WINDOWS
> > > Operating System on top of it" ?
> > > Thanks
> >
> >Basicly, that the processor supports AMD-V or Intel VT (also known in
> >Xen terms as "Hardware supported Virtual Machine", HVM for short).
> >
> >There's some other obviour requiremnts, such as "sufficient amount of
> >memory & disk-space" and "somewhere that the virtual machine 
> OS can be
> >loaded from", but those are more the natural requirements for any
> >virtualization...
> >
> >--
> >Mats
> >
> >
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> I think there are more requirements if the Windows OS is a 64 
> bit version.

Such as? AMD-V and Intel VT supports 64-bit OS's as guests, as long as
the Hypervisor (Xen + Dom0 in this case) is 64-bit. Of course, in the
Intel case there are some processors that have VT but don't support
64-bit, in which case a 64-bit guest-OS won't work, of course... 

--
Mats
> 
> Geoff Streeter 
> 
> 
> 
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