> -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jose R R > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 12:43 PM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: paravirtualized 32-bit on 64-bit host? > > On 3/7/08, Furnish, Trever G <TGFurnish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Anyone managed to get a paravirtualized 32-bit guest working on a > > 64-bit redhat host? The RHEL5.1 release notes claim > there's preview > > support for it. If by "technology preview" they mean, "We tried it > > and it didn't work", then yeah, I guess there's support. But I'm > > having no luck. :-( > > > > > > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/release-no > > te > > s/RELEASE-NOTES-U1-x86_64-en.html > > > > Anyone else fairing better? > > > > -- > > Trever > > > > Well last year I installed a 32-bit WinXP instance under > 64-bit OpenSuSE host implementation of Xen. > Of course, proprietary technology is not actually > paravirtualized, but rather fully virutalized with the help > of the (AMD CPU in my specific case) hardware extensions. > You can find an overview of what I did, if interested of course, at: > http://www.metztli-it.com/blog/index.php?blog=4&title=open-sou > rce-on-sun-microsystems-sun-ultr-20&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 > > > Regards, > > Jose R Rodriguez > http://www.metztli-it.com Thanks, Jose. I was hoping to avoid full virtualization due to the reported performance impacts, but perhaps that'll just have to wait. And you were the only one who even responded -- much appreciated! -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
