[Fedora-xen] Question on Windows HVM Domain

[Andrew Cathrow]

On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 15:58 -0400, Robert Locke wrote:

> Bit of a n00b question....
> 
> I am currently running F8-Dom0 with an HVM-based Windows XP DomU.  I
> tend to run it from virt-manager the occasional times I use it.
> 
> Given that F9-Dom0 support is still a work-in-progress, I started
> reading about KVM existing in the "regular" kernel.
> 
> Since the Dom0 is my main "work" platform, I am considering upgrading to
> F9, but, losing Xen.
> 
> The question becomes, can I run the existing Windows XP instance under
> virt-manager via KVM?  BTW, the disk for Windows XP is an LV, and I
> would prefer to continue NAT'ing it to the outside, if that matters....

Yes. Windows will probably ask you to reactivate, since it sees a
significant change in the underlying hardware.

> 
> Some of the doc's on fedoraproject.org started identifying parity
> between KVM and Qemu (which I thought is what is used for HVM)....
> 
> Am I totally insane, or on to a potential solution that lets me move my
> Dom0 to F9?
> 
> Thanks for any pointers/help,
> 
> --Rob
> 
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