Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 18th Jun 2006 14:10 UTC, submitted by falko
This tutorial contains step-by-step instructions for installing Xen 3.0 from precompiled binaries in Ubuntu Dapper Drake. Xen lets you create guest operating systems (UNIX-like operating systems like Linux and FreeBSD), so called 'virtual machines' or domUs, under a host operating system (dom0). Using Xen you can separate your applications into different virtual machines that are totally independent from each other.
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Member since:2006-04-05
Not with a "normal" CPU, since you'd have to modify the Windows Kernel to run on top of XEN. At the moment, XEN is only supported by NetBSD and Linux (Solaris, FreeBSD are on the way)
With the next generation CPUs supporting virtualisation in hardware (aka Vanderpool and Pacifia), things will change: according to some news I read ( http://www.golem.de/0508/40027.html in German, sorry), XEN will be able to run a unmodified guest system (Windows too)
Edited 2006-06-19 18:30
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2005-07-26
But is it possible to run Windows as a guest system with Xen? Currently I use VMWare to run a Windows guest system, but I don't like the additional overhead. My understanding was that Xen only supports *nix guest systems?