Joseph: OK, so the drivers are paravirtualized, not the entire OS. I think I get it. Thanks, Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, www.JAMMConsulting.com Will your e-commerce site go offline if you have a DB server failure, fiber cut, flood, fire, or other disaster? If so, ask me about our geographically redudant database system. > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Joseph L. Casale > Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:28 PM > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Window Server 2003 will not run as > paravirtualized? > > >I thought I have seen a lot of discussion about > >running paravirtualized Windows on CentOS. Is > >that a bad idea? > > It's not a bad idea, it's just not a possible one :) > What you have seen is talk of the paravirt *drivers* that > you use in an HVM domain to improve the otherwise useless > performance. As windows is not opensource, the Xen guys have > not been able to write code on their side to paravirtualize > it... > > However, there has been some agreements done with Windows > Server 2008 and "Enlightenments" but I haven't followed it. > > Setup an HVM, install windows, and give James Harpers GPLPV > Drivers a go. > > jlc > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos