XP over LTSP [was: Re: Server Best Practices --]

[Patton Echols]

Preston, thank you for your insights.  I think it is time for me to 
start experimenting.

I have altered the subject to indicate that what is below narrows the 
focus quite a bit.  Hopefully I won't get flamed for hijacking :-)


On 02/10/2009 09:34 AM, Preston Kutzner wrote:
> On Feb 10, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Patton Echols wrote:
>
>   
>>>> Project 4.  LTSP server both to serve Ubuntu desktops and w/ a
>>>> virtual machine to serve XP desktops.  (The boxes that would be  
>>>> using
>>>> this all have their own licenses.  But the hardware was never really
>>>> adequate and by today's standards pathetic).
>>>>         
<SNIP>

>>> In light of that, adding a Windows Server (running Terminal Services
>>> or Citrix) in a VM on the same server would be very taxing.
>>>       
>> Oh . . . Not what I thought.  I had thought I had read  somewhere that
>> you could have a VM that delivered an XP desktop without the necessity
>> of running Windows server.  Not so?  This part of the project is  
>> purely
>> hobbyist stuff and not worth the expense of licensing windows
>> server/terminal services
>>     
>
> This may be possible, but I personally haven't heard of it.  It would  
> be interesting if this were indeed possible.
>
>   

So Here is the new question:  I can load XP into a virtual machine on my 
desktop.  Lots of threads about how to do it.  Can I load XP into a VM 
on an LTSP server?

The client then load's the Ubuntu desktop in the normal way, which 
immediatly initiates the VM and starts a windows session.

NOTE:  The question is NOT about whether I MAY do that from a license 
perspective.  I know that is an issue that must be addressed seriously 
and properly.  The question IS about whether it is technically possible.


Thanks for any thoughts,

Patton