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>>>> 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. ;-)
No, the way I understand it, paravirtualisation doesn't require any
special hardware. (While full virtualisation does - unless you want to
do software emulation...)
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