How to install and configure XEN in ubuntu 10.10 with windows xp as guest

[philosophers-stone]

Hi !!
I am a newbie .I recently migrated fully from windows 7 to ubuntu 10.10. Now ubuntu being my only OS I can not run Autocad and Photoshop etc. I miss some of my favorite games too. So i decided to run an instance of virtual machine to run those. I did a little bit search on the forum and on the net. I thought using xen i can go right away as I want to get hardware acceleration in my guest os i.e. windows.. I am trying hard to figure out how to get started with xen . I can use terminal ,not fully though..installed all the available packages from synaptic package manager related to xen. But I am stuck here....Can not get xen up and running.Somebody please help to get along with this. Any step by step instruction or reference to a proper guide would be really appreciated. =D>

My system specifications
Intel core2duo E7500(with intel VT)
320GB hard disk 2GB ddr3 ram
Gigabyte motherboard with intel G41 chipset
OS= Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat

[restorator]

I dont have much experience with Xen, but you may find virtualbox easier to use for your purposes (I know I do). You can find it in the software center or synaptic.
A major thing about all virtualization software that I have tried is that you may not find it quite adequate for graphic intense windows apps and games. The biggest reason many of us dual boot.

[philosophers-stone]

I dont have much experience with Xen, but you may find virtualbox easier to use for your purposes (I know I do). You can find it in the software center or synaptic.
A major thing about all virtualization software that I have tried is that you may not find it quite adequate for graphic intense windows apps and games. The biggest reason many of us dual boot.

Thanks for your reply. I used virtual box in my windows system. But was unable to enable 3d acceleration,which is necessary for many application. whenever i tried to run dxdiag it just stopped working. I found on the net that other guys having linux too have same problem. Anyway I want give a try to virtualize with xen. ANY HELPFUL INFO WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED.

[philosophers-stone]

anybody out there!!! please help!!!!!!!!! I would really love to just stick with Ubuntu........You people please make this happen!!

[sandyd]

Hi !!
I am a newbie .I recently migrated fully from windows 7 to ubuntu 10.10. Now ubuntu being my only OS I can not run Autocad and Photoshop etc. I miss some of my favorite games too. So i decided to run an instance of virtual machine to run those. I did a little bit search on the forum and on the net. I thought using xen i can go right away as I want to get hardware acceleration in my guest os i.e. windows.. I am trying hard to figure out how to get started with xen . I can use terminal ,not fully though..installed all the available packages from synaptic package manager related to xen. But I am stuck here....Can not get xen up and running.Somebody please help to get along with this. Any step by step instruction or reference to a proper guide would be really appreciated. =D>

My system specifications
Intel core2duo E7500(with intel VT)
320GB hard disk 2GB ddr3 ram
Gigabyte motherboard with intel G41 chipset
OS= Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Xen

[philosophers-stone]

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Xen

I tried that earlier but I could not get my xen running though . Could not get where i was wrong and got stuck . May be that post isn't much updated.I want to use latest xen with windows xp as guest.
Any way thanks for taking your time to reply!!!