On Tue, 15 Jan 2008, Matthias Saou wrote:

> Robin Price II wrote :
>
>> Please note that in the RHEL5.1 release notes:
>>
>> "This update to the Virtualization feature also includes the capability to
>> install and run paravirtualized 32-bit guests on 64-bit hosts. However, this
>> capability is provided as a Technology Preview; as such, it is not supported
>> for production use."

Oh damnit (-: I'll hold my hands up and admit to not having noticed that.


>> This means that it might or might not work, etc.... but I will try this out
>> for you today if I get a chance and will let you know my findings unless
>> someone responds before I do.
>
> IIRC, some RHEL engineers have confirmed on this list that this was a
> mistake in the release notes, as that feature had been considered too
> unstable, even as a "Technology Preview", and had been removed from 5.1
> final altogether.

Doubled damnit! (-: And thank you for mentioning it.


> So... I don't think it'll work at all, unfortunately.

I'm getting that impression! OK, anyone know if the 32-bit PAE kernel comes
in a Xen flavour?

Ben
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