Lee Marzke on 16 Dec 2009 14:19:31 -0800


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Re: [PLUG] VirtualBox questions


64 bit host -> 32 bit Linux / Vbox ->  64 bit guest ?
I wouldn't have thought that would even work.

Vmware  ESX will not allow 64 bit guest unless your on 64 bit
host and ESX is 64 bit only.

Lee


Art Alexion wrote:
> Running VBox OSE on 32-bit Linux on an AMD-64.
>
> Just installed Win7-64-bit guest.  VBox did not complain.  Running without 
> error. I gave it 1.6 GB (half the host total) RAM.
>
> It is painfully slow as compared to [32-bit] XP with 512 RAM on the same Linux 
> host.
>
> I don't have a frame of reference for Win7, and am just starting with VBox.
>
> Is Win7 just that much slower, or is it some 64-bit on 32-bit host translation 
> layer problem?
>
>
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