On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:11:33 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>> I hear that Windows 2003 Server (?) comes with a "hypervisor" which
>>> runs on the real metal, and then 2003 itself actually runs as a
>>> paravirtualised guest. Or something like that...
>> 
>> It can as long as the system hosting supports the right virtualization
>> technology.
> 
> Well, if it's para-virtualisation rather than "full" virtualisation,
> then yeah, the guest OS has to know it's paravirtualised. ;-)

It also has to know the hardware supports it. ;-)

Jim

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