This platform running on a virtual machine on SLES 10 is not yet supported by Novell. It is available in technical preview status only. Do not use this configuration in a business-critical computing environment.
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When installing native SLES 10 OS to run in full virtualization mode, the SLES 10 boot CD might boot to a text version of the first screen (sometimes called the isolinux screen). Entering linux as instructed might result in the installation taking a very long time (2-4 hours). Instead, enter linux vga=0x314. Computers with graphic cards that do not provide 1024x768 resolution do not present this error. (Bugzilla reference: 179409)
Xen cannot boot SMP-enabled kernels within fully virtualized VMs. Because all SUSE® PAE-enabled kernels are also SMP-enabled, this configuration is not valid with SLES10.
VMs running PAE must be allocated less than 2 GB of memory.
When running Linux in fully virtual mode and viewing it with SDL, the mouse pointer might occasionally jump across the screen. This appears to be a bug in the Linux mouse driver.