On Thu, 2006-06-04 at 13:28 +0300, Gilboa Davara wrote: > On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 22:06 -0400, David Cary Hart wrote: > > ( I need to amend my tax return) > > > > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1946539,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616 > > > > "Kettler demonstrated a virtualized desktop environment on a Dell > > OptiPlex PC powered by a dual-core Intel Xeon processor and running > > Red Hat Linux. Included in the PC was the Xen 3.0 open-source > > virtualization hypervisor and the open-source Firefox Web browser. > > Through the environment, he was able to create multiple virtual > > machines that ran not only Linux but also Windows." > > > > There is a very good "quick start" howto at > > http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraXenQuickstart#head-811c0b64cf8c322a9d1463a95030a005dc485356 > > but it doesn't cover Windows. > > > > Has anyone on this list been able to accomplish this? > > > > -- > > You'll need VT enabled CPU in-order to run unmodified OS (such as > Windows) using Xen. > For now only certain Xeon models are VT enabled. > Most future AMD and Intel CPUs (both Desktop and Server class) will > support virtualization within the next quarter or two. > > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/IntelVT Nope. Pentium D and Pentium Extreme Edition Support VT as well, but they are also quite expensive. I could build an entire second computer for the difference in price between a P4+HT 3.2GHz an a Pentium Extreme 3.2GHz.
