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Thinking of having a tinker with Xen on my Core 2 Duo system, see if I can
use a virtualised x64. Wondered if anyone has already tried, any
tips/pitfalls?


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using it, but only on VS 2k5R2 SP1. No x64 client support.

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"Mark Gillespie" <> wrote in message
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> Thinking of having a tinker with Xen on my Core 2 Duo system, see if I can
> use a virtualised x64. Wondered if anyone has already tried, any
> tips/pitfalls?
>
>
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On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 16:00:54 +0100, Charlie Russel - MVP
<> wrote:

> using it, but only on VS 2k5R2 SP1. No x64 client support.
>

Was going to use Xen hypervisor, to host x64 XP client, which is is
supposed to support. I don't really fancy having a full blown OS running
Virtual Server underneath, fancy the Xen method.

What do you mean a "full-blown OS running VS underneath"? That is not how
VT works.

"Mark Gillespie" <> wrote in message
news...
> On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 16:00:54 +0100, Charlie Russel - MVP
> <> wrote:
>
>> using it, but only on VS 2k5R2 SP1. No x64 client support.
>>
>
> Was going to use Xen hypervisor, to host x64 XP client, which is is
> supposed to support. I don't really fancy having a full blown OS running
> Virtual Server underneath, fancy the Xen method.

On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 01:45:40 +0100, Colin Barnhorst <colinbarharst
<@msn.com>> wrote:

> What do you mean a "full-blown OS running VS underneath"? That is not
> how
> VT works.
>
> "Mark Gillespie" <> wrote in message
> news...
>> On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 16:00:54 +0100, Charlie Russel - MVP
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>> using it, but only on VS 2k5R2 SP1. No x64 client support.
>>>
>>
>> Was going to use Xen hypervisor, to host x64 XP client, which is is
>> supposed to support. I don't really fancy having a full blown OS
>> running
>> Virtual Server underneath, fancy the Xen method.
>
>

As I understand it, Xen is a hypervisor, a very minimal that runs in ring
0, that allows other OSes to run in a higher ring, with the hypervisor
allowing switching between OSes at will.

Different from running a full blown OS, and using VMWare or VirtualPC to
host other OSes.