Paravirtualization

[Joy Methew]

Hello Harry,
                     thanks for reply.
will these modification done by user or guest kernel can do this
automaticaly?
bcoz i have done lot of time xen peravirtulazation i don`t need to modified
guest OS.





On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 9:45 AM, <ShivramSubramanian at eaton.com> wrote:

> Hi Harry,
>
> I too am trying to install "guest" operating systems on a Xen modified
> RHEL5 kernel. But unfortunately it is not happening. It is unable to
> locate the install media via NFS or HTTP or FTP...Any help would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Shivram Subramanian
> Associate Engineer
> Software Engineering CoE, EIEC
> T: +91.20.66 33 7421
> E: shivramsubramanian at eaton.com
> J Please consider the environment before printing
>  -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Harry Hoffman
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 8:57 PM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
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> Subject: Re: Paravirtualization
>
> Hi Joy,
>
> It means that you have a host operating system that acts as a controller
> for and provides virtual hardware to the "guest" operating systems.
>
> In order for the guest operating systems to be able to run they need to
> have modifications made to their kernel to understand the various
> instructions that the host gives them via the virtualization software.
>
> HTH,
> Harry
>
> On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 19:19 +0530, Joy Methew wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >                 anybody can explain me this line for me
> >                "Paravirtualization requires that the guest operating
> system
> > running on the host server be modified so that it recognizes the
> > virtualization software layer"
> > Here what is the mean of modified guest operating system.
> >
> >
> > Thanks
>
>
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