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This chapter of [[Xen Virtualization Essentials]] will cover in detail the steps necessary to install and run Windows Server 2008 as a virtualized Xen guest.
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The above example assumes that Windows Server 2008 is going to be installed into a disk image and that the installation media is an ISO image file. If, on the other hand, a physical disk is to be used the disk directive might appear as follows (where ''/dev/sdb'' is replaced with the appropriate physcial physical device name):
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Similarly, the ''disk = '' directive can be modified to perform the installation from a physical DVD drive as in the following example (where ''/dev/hdccdrom'' is modified to reflect the physical device on your host system):
<pre>disk = [ 'phy:/dev/sdb,hda,w', 'phy:/dev/cdrom,hdc:cdrom.r' ]</pre> The above line maps physical disk drive ''/dev/sdb'' on the host to ''/dev/hda'' on the guest and ''/dev/hdccdrom'' on the host as the CD/DVD device on the guest (note that the CD/DVD device name on your host may be different depending on your Linux distribution).
Alternatively, if a disk image file is to be used as the disk drive the line might instead read:
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disk = [ 'phyfile:/devhome/xen/sdbxenwin2008.img,hda,w', 'phy:/dev/hdbcdrom,hdc:cdrom,r' ]
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[[Image:xen_windows_2008_running.jpg|Windows Server 2008 running as a Xen HVM guest]]
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