[CentOS] Problem installing Windows under Xen CentOS 5

Thu Apr 26 16:00:22 UTC 2007
Radu Radutiu <rradutiu at gmail.com>

On 4/26/07, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote:
> Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> >> The hardware is a dual processor dual core AMD Opteron 2218 with 8GB
> >> RAM and SATA disks, CentoOS 5 i386 will all patches applied. On the
> >
> > AFAIK, Xen requires the guest OS to support Xen. I don't think we will
> > see Windows supporting Xen soon.
>
> Considering he has a 2218, and therefore smx support - Windows(1) should
> install and work fine under a Fully Virtual setup under Xen.
>
> - KB
> [1] could it be that only some versions of Windows will work this way ?
> I dont know, dont use windows!
> --
> Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq
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I have found the solution on the linux.redhat.fedora.xen mailing list.
On the install screen that says to press F6 you should press F5 and
select "Standard PC" and continue. This has worked fine for Windows
XP.

Thanks,

Radu