On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 11:53 -0600, Ed Heron wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 16:49 -0600, Ed Heron wrote: > >> I don't see a How To, on this wiki, specifically designed to address the > >> task of creating a Microsoft Windows XP virtual machine as a Xen guest > >> under > >> CentOS 5. Many of the concepts are covered in > >> http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Xen/InstallingHVMDomU, but it appears to > >> leave > >> some things to the reader. > >> > >> I (EdHeron) would be willing to make the attempt at a page to focus on > >> this task. It could be HowTos/Xen/DomU-WinXP-Install. > > ---- > > From: "JohnS" > Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:52 AM > > > That really sounds interesting.. Are there still problems with Upgrading > > Service Packs when running Windows as a Guest? I through out Xen because > > of that reason. If problems still exist what's the work around involved > > in doing it and is it worth it? > > > > JohnStanley > > I haven't updated my WinXP install source to SP3, yet. I have been > running a WinXP guest on a Dell PowerEdge 2900/CentOS/Xen host for about a > month and a half. After I installed WinXP-SP2, I installed SP3, IE7 and > subsequent updates. <snip> How funy this may sound I was told at a VM Ware conference to c:\slipstream the SP3. > > We (the company I work for) have about 60+ older workstations (1.6Ghz/512M > to 1G RAM) that just barely run what we use. Looking at brand name > workstation replacements (eg. Dell Optiplex), we'd spend about $800 per > workstation to replace. <snip> Not trying to be sarcastic but Wall Mart is 400.00 - 600.00. I have to say I have gotten several from there for smaller businesses. <snip> You need to have a look at VMWare ESX and check the memory overcommit features of it. I be willing to bet you could run maybe 20 VMs. JohnStanley
