On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 01:34:48PM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 08:29:02PM -0500, Bob Cochran wrote: > > I want to use Fedora 16 as a host OS (a "Dom0" OS) so that I can install > > several different operating systems as virtualized guests. One of these > > will be Windows 7. Are there enough Xen and Fedora bits in place for > > Fedora 16 virtualization so that my friend can access Windows 7 as a > > virtual machine and not know the difference -- she can access the USB > > ports, printer and fax devices, run PhotoShop and and various other > > photo editing applications? > > She can definitly run Windows 7. Albeit I would recommend installing > the PV drivers, otherwise it is slow. > > In regards to USB, try this: > > [root@phenom ~]# xm usb-list-assignable-devices > 2-3 : ID 058f:6387 JetFlash Mass Storage Device > [root@phenom ~]# xm usb-add latest-hvm.xm host:058f:6387 > > Once you have launched the guest. And you should see your > USB device in the guest (I only tried this with Linux PVHVM guest) > > Oh, make sure you have 'usb=1' defined in your config. > Yeah, that might work.. although the Qemu USB passthrough is limited to USB 1.1 speeds (=slow). -- Pasi -- xen mailing list xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen
