Re: [Xen-users] Basic question: Does Windows on Xen work now VT is here?

["David Goodlad" <dgoodlad@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/28/06, Felix Oxley <felix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 28 Apr 2006, at 22:26, David Goodlad wrote:
>
> > On 4/27/06, Felix Oxley <felix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Does Windows on Xen work (out-of-the-box) now VT is here?
> >
> > Works fine here
> >
> >>
> >> I have seen posts in the mailing list saying that it does, but also
> >> posts saying that it works through RDP (??).
> >
> > RDP == Remote Desktop Protocol: Microsoft's VNC-like protocol.  Most
> > people here use it for their Windows VMs because the VNC/SDL console
> > support is rather slow.
> >
>
> Why is it necessary to use RDP/VNC?
> I (foolishly?) envisaged that one could "alt tab" between OSes.
I'm not totally sure what you mean by alt-tabbing between OSes.  If
you mean do a complete switch over to windows and have it takeover all
your devices etc, this is not possible.  If you've ever run VMWare,
Qemu, or other virtualization/emulation packages, these provide a
similar interface to what Xen will provide.

You can set up an SDL console (a window pops up on your X display)
that displays whatever would be displayed on the VM's screen.  It's a
virtualized video card framebuffer, basically.  However, it's not the
fastest in the world, so I've found that setting up RDP after Windows
is installed is the best solution...

Dave

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