Dear All,
I have installed 4 operating system on my laptop, XP, Win Server 2003, Ubuntu Linux 64 bit and Fedora Core. Now interested in running more than 1 OS at the same time. Looking on internet I found something like virtual machine concept. There is a product from Microsoft name Virtual PC / Server. VMware is also in to same product line.
I read about xen and qmenu, but could only understand that only image provided by them can be used and loaded as virtual machine. At the most, it may be possible to create an Image of my own. If any one know, please tell me that can I use my exisitng OS installation, and use these OS as virtual machine or no option but to load from image only.
-- Keep Smiling and Mailing,
Regards, Saurabh
On Saturday 07 January 2006 19:01, Dinesh Joshi wrote:
On Friday 06 January 2006 18:08, Saurabh Mehta wrote:
Dear All,
I have installed 4 operating system on my laptop, XP, Win Server 2003, Ubuntu Linux 64 bit and Fedora Core. Now interested in running more than 1 OS at the same time. Looking on internet I found something like virtual machine concept. There is a product from Microsoft name Virtual PC / Server. VMware is also in to same product line.
I read about xen and qmenu, but could only understand that only image provided by them can be used and loaded as virtual machine. At the most, it may be possible to create an Image of my own. If any one know, please tell me that can I use my exisitng OS installation, and use these OS as virtual machine or no option but to load from image only.
Why the FWD in the subject? Anyway, QEMU can create its own images. But beware you need a powerful computer to work with it. I have never attempted to use Xen but AFAIK it will allow you to create an image because these are Free, OpenSource softwares unlike VPC. VPC needs a license to work. Moreover as I understand it doesnt officially support GNU/Linux.
Also u cant use M$ XPee cause u need to modify some stuff (kernel i think) and the modified thingy cannot be distributed. so allthough Xpee runs on Xen u cant use it.
On Friday 06 January 2006 18:08, Saurabh Mehta wrote:
Dear All,
I have installed 4 operating system on my laptop, XP, Win Server 2003, Ubuntu Linux 64 bit and Fedora Core. Now interested in running more than 1 OS at the same time. Looking on internet I found something like virtual machine concept. There is a product from Microsoft name Virtual PC / Server. VMware is also in to same product line.
I read about xen and qmenu, but could only understand that only image provided by them can be used and loaded as virtual machine. At the most, it may be possible to create an Image of my own. If any one know, please tell me that can I use my exisitng OS installation, and use these OS as virtual machine or no option but to load from image only.
Why the FWD in the subject? Anyway, QEMU can create its own images. But beware you need a powerful computer to work with it. I have never attempted to use Xen but AFAIK it will allow you to create an image because these are Free, OpenSource softwares unlike VPC. VPC needs a license to work. Moreover as I understand it doesnt officially support GNU/Linux.
On Sunday 08 January 2006 04:20, Dinesh Joshi wrote:
On Saturday 07 January 2006 10:19, JTD wrote:
Also u cant use M$ XPee cause u need to modify some stuff (kernel i think) and the modified thingy cannot be distributed. so allthough Xpee runs on Xen u cant use it.
AFAIK Xen will run any OS. Not just *nixes.
Not M$ stuff - purely due to licensing reasons.
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Dinesh Joshi -
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Saurabh Mehta