[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-users] Bootable LiveDVD w/ Xen that boots Windows Image?
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Joshua Kinard<joshua.kinard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The tricky part is going to be the Windows install. I figure I can install > it on a read-write virtual disk, and later package that image up for booting > off of the DVD. The only curiosity is going to be how well Windows takes > it, because it scibbles all over the place (Registry mostly) when it boots. It'd be easier to use tap:qcow (or similar) so that the main image can be read only, while the changing part is located in disk/RAM. Problem is last time I check tap:qcow has some problems (like the fact that it doesn't work with PV domU or Windows+GPLPV) > There's a specific application I need to be available when this whole mess > boots up. I won't use said app very often (1-2 times/month), but I don't > want to keep an entire Windows install around for it. I'm thinking it'd be > easier to somehow get this onto a bootable medium, and since Windows wasn't > designed to boot off of CD and DVD media, I figured that this would be the > next best idea. > > Or if people have better ideas, I am all ears... Why not simply : - buy a large enough external USB HDD (70G will do) - install Ubuntu (or your favorite distro) on it - install Xen (method varies, depending on distro) - install Windows HVM domU So instead of a bootable DVD you have a bootable USB HDD. This way you can use domU as you usually do without having to worry about tap:qcow woes. If you want it to be even more generic, use Virtualbox instead of Xen. That way you can have Windows guest even on non-VT/SVM hardware (netbooks come to mind). -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
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