Running Windows XP in Xen from its own partition

Some months ago I made some experiments with Xen and I succeeded to install and run Windows XP as a guest using Xen 3.0. In that case Windows was located in a single file and was installed through Xen. My purpose now is to make Xen running an already installed Windows from its own partition. Just to be more specific, this is my machine configuration:

• Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.06 is located on a SATA disk, set as first boot disk
• Windows XP is located on a EIDE disk, set as second boot disk
• Dual boot is made by grub

I want to log into linux and run my existing Windows XP from its own partition on the EIDE disk.

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Posted by: Z24 | Mon, Dec 03 2007 | Category: /linux | Permanent link | home
Tagged as: grub, linux, ubuntu, virtualization, windows, xen, xp

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Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.06 amd64 and Windows XP in Xen 3.0

I am coming from a bloody week of wrestling against packages, bugs and "make world"s trying to run Xen in Ubuntu 6.06 amd64 on an AM2 3800+ and to make a Windows XP Pro domU.
I searched on the web some resources that would explain how to run Windows on Xen and I found some very good tutorial that unfortunately don't fit exactly my configuration and my purpose. These are the sites I took as a basis for my setup:

• dom0 = Debian Sarge 3.1, domU = Debian Sarge, Xen 2.0.7 32 bit installed from binaries or source, paravirtualization
• dom0 = SUSE 10.1, domU = Win XP Pro, Xen 3.0.2, Intel VT hardware virtualization
• dom0 = Ubuntu 6.06, domU = Ubuntu, Xen 3.0.1 32 bit
• dom0 = Kubuntu Dapper Drake, domU = Win XP, Xen 3.0.2-2 32 bit, AMD SVM hardware virtualization

These are all the steps I did and the problems I encountered during this Calvary :-) (I come from Windows with a little linux/unix background):

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Posted by: Z24 | Mon, Nov 26 2007 | Category: /linux | Permanent link | home
Tagged as: linux, ubuntu, virtualization, windows, xen, xp

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