Beyond Paravirtualization: HVM
In this chapter, we have outlined the general steps necessary to use Solaris and NetBSD as both dom0 and domU operating systems. This isn't meant to exhaustively list the operating systems that work with Xen—in particular, we haven't mentioned Plan9 or FreeBSD at all—but it does give you a good idea of the sort of differences that you might encounter and easy recipes for using at least two systems other than Linux.
Furthermore, they each have their own advantages: NetBSD is a very lightweight operating system, much better than Linux at handling low-memory conditions. This comes in handy with Xen. Solaris isn't as light, but it is extremely robust and has interesting technologies, such as ZFS. Both of these OSs can ...
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