Virtualization

D. Hageman dhageman at dracken.com
Wed Jan 9 06:54:28 CST 2008


Jack wrote:

> Is there something wrong with
> installing and running Xen and other virtual machines?

Nope.

> And while on the subject of VMs, is it possible to
> load Xen, and then do a restore of say Windows XP Pro
> into a virtual machine? 

Restore?  As in a restore from backup?  In theory this might work, but I 
would recommend doing a clean install.  You also need to make sure that 
you are running this on a newer processor with all the latest virt 
extensions for this to be a viable option for you.


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