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VPC Pickle....

tomsolomon
tomsolomon Posts: 3,613 Forumite
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OK here's how it goes....
I have both M$ VPC distros 32bit and 64bit. I am trying to install a linux 64bit server, my OS is Win XP 32bit but the PC is 64bit.
I can install the 32bit VPC but not the 64bit in Windows, and the Linux server does not register my 64bit CPU and MOBO.
Is there any way of getting round this?
To travel at the speed of light, one must first become light.....

Comments

  • RobTang
    RobTang Posts: 1,064 Forumite
    Upgrade to Hyper-V or try vmware

    Virtual PC does not support 64 bit guest operating systems.
  • gaming_guy
    gaming_guy Posts: 6,128 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    VMware can do this as i tried it with VMware workstation a while ago and it worked fine running a x64 vm in an x86 version of XP.

    i think (sun) virtualbox can do this, but i haven't tried it with the latest versions. also MS VPC had limited compatibility with linux guests so i dumped it in favour of virtualbox which had much better compatibility with linux guests.
  • tomsolomon
    tomsolomon Posts: 3,613 Forumite
    Thank's GG the Sun box was just the job and relatively painless to set up...
    The Linux server is in now. Easy enough to install a bit of a pig I'm betting to administer...:D
    To travel at the speed of light, one must first become light.....
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