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From: George Michaelson <ggm@apn...>
Subject: plan9 on xen
Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 15:43:43 +1000
On Thu, 27 May 2004 00:33:01 -0500 Russ Cox <russcox@gma...> wrote:
>> >presumably this is without graphics?
>>
>> why? if xen provides a simple VGA, surely this can be with grafix?
>
>my understanding is that xen, in contrast to vmware,
>does not virtualize the vga display. each guest operating system
>has to know how to drive it. so it's not helpful for the
>"avoid hacking aux/vga" problem.
>
>russ
sigh. ok. ggm goes back to sleep.
ta.
-george