7.4 SLES 9: Full Virtualization Mode VM (Technical Preview)

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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7.4.1 VM Memory and PAE

VMs running PAE must be allocated less than 2 GB of memory.

7.4.2 SMP-Enabled Kernel

Xen cannot boot SMP-enabled kernels within fully virtualized VMs. Because all SUSEĀ® PAE-enabled kernels are also SMP-enabled, this configuration is not valid with SLES 10.

7.4.3 Erratic Mouse Behavior

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.