On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 09:11 +0530, Deependra Shekhawat wrote:

Hello guys,
I have RHEL5. I want to install Windows XP on it using Xen. I heard I need PAE enabled processor. So I did the following:

You need a PAE enabled processor for Xen, and VMX or SVM (intel and AMD respectively) for full virtualization - so looking at the output below you're covered for both.

[root@server ~]# grep -i pae /proc/cpuinfo
And I got this:
flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc pni monitor vmx est tm2 xtpr
flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc up pni monitor vmx est tm2 xtpr
[root@server ~]#

Does this tells that I have PAE enabled processor. One more thing I have 512 MB RAM (physical total RAM). So how much should I give to the Virtual Machine and last thing the installation source in this case can be a CD or ISO image.

256 should be enough for an XP installation. You can use either CD or ISO - I prefer to use ISO as it's simplier.

Thanks in advance
Regards
Deependra

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