On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 21:54:44 +0100 "John Lagrue" <jlagrue@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have at least two problems running a virtual machine on F7 > > 1. Running qemu from hte command line means I can create a virtual > disk, run a virtual machine and install Windows XP on it. I can do > this because it enables me to define the cdrom on the command line > with "-cdrom /dev/cdrom". But I can't get any further because it keeps > giving me an error saying "A problem is preventing Windows from > accurately checking the license for this computer" > > If I run the same virtual machine from the virtual machine manager I > don't get that error. But I don't get the CD ROM either > > > 2. The above was obtained with QEMU. If I try to connect the Virtual > Machine Manager to XEN I get an error that tells me that either I'm > not running a XEN-enabled kernel, or the XEN service isn't running. > Unfortunately, it is running! > I recall from an article about xen that it needs modifications to the OS. So unless Microsoft are supporting Windows under xen, it isn't going to work. > Any advice from anyone on either of these? I would love to do away > with dual-booting my laptop and just run Vista in a VM when I need it, > but so far I'm not having a lot of luck. > > JDL >
