Help using PCLOS within Hyper-V

[Wolfeh]

I'm migrating from a Dell PowerEdge 2400 to a computer I put together myself (ASUS M4N68T-M V2 with AMD Ath II X4 620 & 4g DDR3).  On the 2400, I have PCLOS 2007 (or whatever version was out in 2007) running VMWare to host an XP/SP3 VM.  So since I'm switching over and this is more for personal use than anything, I decided to switch things around sort of.

I've installed MS's free version of Hyper-V and have a few VM's running, including a PCLOS one.  There is some support provided for certain Linux flavors to be able to better integrate and take better advantage of HV's features.  However, I haven't been able to find one for hosting PCLOS within Hyper-V and was wondering if anyone else has managed to get anything done or if there are any plans to try to develop integration for it.

Any help is appreciated.

[menotu]

I'm a tad unclear (doh  )

I've installed MS's free version of Hyper-V

Are you running Windows as your main OS and now hoping to run PCLinuxOS as a guest OS within Hyper-V ?

[Wolfeh]

Yes.

Originally had pclos as main with XP as a guest via VMware.

Now switching it over so I am running the free version of Hyper-V, with pclos as a guest.  Wondering if anyone has put together or ported over any of the integration tools.

[GermanTux]

Yes.

Originally had pclos as main with XP as a guest via VMware.

Now switching it over so I am running the free version of Hyper-V, with pclos as a guest.  Wondering if anyone has put together or ported over any of the integration tools.

Microsoft's integration tools do not work quite right with Linux.  Both the input and the remote command tools have problems.  Even Red Hat and Suse Enterprise.  This is probably done on purpose. 

I'd honestly switch back to using VMWare Workstation, or if it's just a single running server ESXi is free, and probably the best product out there for a pure Hypervisor. 

[parnote]

Yes.

Originally had pclos as main with XP as a guest via VMware.

Now switching it over so I am running the free version of Hyper-V, with pclos as a guest.  Wondering if anyone has put together or ported over any of the integration tools.

Sorry, but I have to play "devil's advocate" here. But why would you want to run a secure OS (PCLinuxOS) on an unsecure host OS (Windows)? Seems it would make more sense the other way around.

parnote