On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 5:44 PM, MRH<misiek_s...@o2.pl> wrote: > Recently I decided to play a bit with MS Windows 7RC on my PC. My main OS at > home is Debian sid which I really like and it is a bit bothersome to reboot > each time I want to check something on MSWin, I thought about using > virtualisation. > > First I thought about Xen or KVM. I'm a total novice at these things, so > it's difficult to decide. What I want is to preserve the system I use > (Debian sid amd64), allow starting another one (in a window ?). Ideally I'd > like to have Debian as a default system, possibility to dual-boot Windows (I > installed MSWin on another hard drive) and use/run that installed MSWin from > Debian. Hope it makes sense. > > Yesterday I tried to install Xen, but it didn't work (in the way I > expected). I installed xen-tools + some more xen packages. Nothing happened. > Then I installed xen hypervisor. Nothing again. Only after I also installed > xen kernel / modules it added xen to grub and almost started (almost, as I > use nvidia proprietary driver, so X did not start). > > When I tried to modify grub's menu.lst to add xen startig my (home-compiled) > kernel it did not boot (I've got Panic on CPU0 / Could not set up DOM0 guest > OS ) message. > > I googled out a number of a bit outdated howtos, some showing how to compile > xen 3.0 on etch, some explaining how to install xen packages and use disk > image to add another system. > > So couple of questions then: > 1) Is Xen a way to go? > 2) If so, how can I use the existing kernel? Do I need to compile xen too? > 3) What to start with? > > Help, please! > Kind regards, > Michal > -- > Michal R. Hoffmann > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject > of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > >
I don't know if you checked this site: http://www.howtoforge.com/howtos/virtualization but it has nice how to's regarding virtualization using Xen and KVM. you can also test out virtualbox or vmware server, they are "free". -- "It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion." "Todo el desorden del mundo proviene de las profesiones mal o mediocremente servidas" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
