Re: [Xen-users] Whats needed for XP

[Mark Williamson <mark.williamson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Is there anything out there that would say what packages are needed to
> be able to do an install of windows systems on a Linux distro? I would
> like to keep dom0 as spartan as possible and only install what is needed
> for an install of windows. I have a pretty minimal install of Slack that
> will run all of my Linux domU's but am not sure if anything else is
> needed for windows domUs, is X a requirement, etc, etc?

I think the requirements are pretty similar as for PV domUs...

You may need SDL development packages installed and building the VNC server 
might require some X-related header files...  but you don't actually need to 
install or run an X server on the dom0.  You also need bcc for compiling some 
HVM guest-related goop.

If you installed from binary packages, this should be a non-issue anyhow and 
it'll probably Just Work (assuming you have HVM-capable hardware).

You can either use the VNC server to export Windows' framebuffer or you can 
just use the SDL interface over SSH X-forwarding.

Cheers,
Mark

-- 
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