I want to use Fedora 16 as a host OS (a "Dom0" OS) so that I can install several different operating systems as virtualized guests. One of these will be Windows 7. Are there enough Xen and Fedora bits in place for Fedora 16 virtualization so that my friend can access Windows 7 as a virtual machine and not know the difference -- she can access the USB ports, printer and fax devices, run PhotoShop and and various other photo editing applications?
I have no recent experience with Fedora virtualization, but I expect to be able to work with it quite soon. I have installed virtual machines with older Fedora releases but can't remember exactly what I did. I apologize if the question is simplistic.
Thanks
Bob Cochran
On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 08:29:02PM -0500, Bob Cochran wrote:
I want to use Fedora 16 as a host OS (a "Dom0" OS) so that I can install several different operating systems as virtualized guests. One of these will be Windows 7. Are there enough Xen and Fedora bits in place for Fedora 16 virtualization so that my friend can access Windows 7 as a virtual machine and not know the difference -- she can access the USB ports, printer and fax devices, run PhotoShop and and various other photo editing applications?
She can definitly run Windows 7. Albeit I would recommend installing the PV drivers, otherwise it is slow.
In regards to USB, try this:
[root@phenom ~]# xm usb-list-assignable-devices 2-3 : ID 058f:6387 JetFlash Mass Storage Device [root@phenom ~]# xm usb-add latest-hvm.xm host:058f:6387
Once you have launched the guest. And you should see your USB device in the guest (I only tried this with Linux PVHVM guest)
Oh, make sure you have 'usb=1' defined in your config.
On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 01:34:48PM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 08:29:02PM -0500, Bob Cochran wrote:
I want to use Fedora 16 as a host OS (a "Dom0" OS) so that I can install several different operating systems as virtualized guests. One of these will be Windows 7. Are there enough Xen and Fedora bits in place for Fedora 16 virtualization so that my friend can access Windows 7 as a virtual machine and not know the difference -- she can access the USB ports, printer and fax devices, run PhotoShop and and various other photo editing applications?
She can definitly run Windows 7. Albeit I would recommend installing the PV drivers, otherwise it is slow.
In regards to USB, try this:
[root@phenom ~]# xm usb-list-assignable-devices 2-3 : ID 058f:6387 JetFlash Mass Storage Device [root@phenom ~]# xm usb-add latest-hvm.xm host:058f:6387
Once you have launched the guest. And you should see your USB device in the guest (I only tried this with Linux PVHVM guest)
Oh, make sure you have 'usb=1' defined in your config.
Yeah, that might work.. although the Qemu USB passthrough is limited to USB 1.1 speeds (=slow).
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