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RE: [Xen-users] Is HP server hardware incompatible with Xen?

To: "Jérémie Tarot" <jeremie.tarot@xxxxxxx>, xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Is HP server hardware incompatible with Xen?
From: "Petersson, Mats" <Mats.Petersson@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:04:20 +0200
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Jérémie Tarot
> Sent: 19 June 2007 13:01
> To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Is HP server hardware incompatible with Xen?
> 
> hi,
> 
> Considering my (very) recent experience (HP nx9420 notebook) 
> I'd double 
> check that every HW feature is actually available ! I mean, the said 
> laptop (and others) was once sold with VT disabled and some 
> had to wait 
> for months before HP had released a BIOS update allowing to activate 
> this feature... fair isn't it ?

Laptops are quite a different matter than servers, since they often have very 
special hardware inside them. 

I agree that anything you rely on should be checked that it's actually 
available at the time of purchase, of course. 

--
Mats
> 
> So, as too often in the field, there's what's advertised by fashioned 
> marketing... and what Joe User has to face once he opens the 
> brown box!
> 
> Bests
> JT
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