[CentOS] CentOS 5.2

[John]

On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 11:54 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote:
> Travis Fraser wrote:
> > On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 08:57 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote:
> >> If I read correctly - the 5.2 release will have xen 3.0
> >>
> >> Does that mean I will be able to run vista as guest operating system?
> >> I seem to remember reading that vista could be run under xen 3.0
> >>
> >> I have found instructions for installing XP under xen 3.0 in Debian, so 
> >> I'm hoping it vista on CentOS 5.2 will also be possible ??
> >>
> >> There's only a small handful of apps I need/want - but they don't do 
> >> well under wine (IE garmin software for putting maps on my GPS) - and I 
> >> don't want to dual boot.
> > 
> > Why not use vmware or virtualbox? Either would work fine. You would need
> > to do an install of Windows anyway into the virtual machine, right?
> > 
> 
> vmware is an option but I've seen a lot of issues where kernel updates 
> break it and you have to keep running an older kernel until a fix is issued.

All you have to do in that situation is rerun the vm_ware setup script
again then your gtg.

> 
> virtualbox I had not heard of - but it looks like the free version isn't 
> fully functional (IE some USB device issues). I may try it - hopefully 
> the serial port works because I must have working serial port (for 
> communication with my garmin).
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