On Tue, 2007-06-12 at 14:59 +0100, John Lagrue wrote: > No matter what docs I read, whether I use qemu-kvm or use the Virtual > Machine Manager, or use virt-install, I cannot get WinXP installed on > a guest. It just consistently gives me the BSoD. > > It seems that all the effort is in Xen for those who want to run this > on the server level to supply a gazillion Linux VMs. Nothing else > seems to work, and as for some reason Xen refuses even to exist on my > F7 I can't try that - not that it would work with Windows anyway, from > my understanding. Have you tried the new virt & xen stuff from the testing repo? $ sudo yum --enable updates-testing update libvirt* python-virt* virt* xen* kernel-xen* > How do I bypass all this stuff and get vmware installed? I think you can boot into a normal (non-xen) kernel and install vmware. There is a howto on howtoforge.org. Regards, Patrick
