Moving Dell's pre-installed Windows inside Xen

[Matt Domsch]

On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 05:54:40PM -0500, Kevin Kwast wrote:
>    I got a new Dimension workstation with Windows pre-installed, but I want
>    to reinstall with Fedora 5 and run Windows under Xen virtualization.

Do you know that the hardware processor you have includes the hardware
virtualization assist "VT" capability?  That is necessary for Xen
(which typically uses paravirtualized guest OSs, which of course
Windows isn't).  http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/IntelVT  lists the
Intel processors which are VT-capable.

Some of our new Dimensions include Pentium D 9xx processors with VT
capability, but those are at the higher end of the Dimension
spectrum.  Lower down, Pentium D 8xx or Celeron D's won't have VT (per
http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/index_view_xeon.htm).

Thanks,
Matt

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