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Joined: May 16, 2008
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Posted Jul 07, 2008 at 11:37:26 PM
Subject: Virtualizing under a virtualization??

Hi there,

I was wondering if its possible to virtualize a Windows instance under an already-virtualized Windows Virtual Machine???

I mean, I have Linux installed on which i use vmware to virtualize WindowsXP. What im trying to do is to install Vmware under my virtualized Windows and then install another Windows under it??? ¿Is that possible?

Example:

Linux Real Host(Fedora) --> VMware for Linux --> WindowsXP Virtual Machine ---> VmWare for Windows ---> WindowsXP Virtual Machine

Thanks in advance.

~ Peter
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Peter
Joined May 16, 2008
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Posted: Jul 08, 2008 12:31:06 AM
Subject: Virtualizing under a virtualization??

OK... forget it... problem solved.

For u curious who would want to know the answer, this is the message i get from the virtualized machine:

"Sorry, this product can not be installed on a virtual machine"

Damn. ¬¬

~ Peter
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Lin
Joined Jul 04, 2008
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Posted: Jul 09, 2008 4:31:21 PM
Subject: Virtualizing under a virtualization??

Wait! It says "can not be installed", but not used. Did you try to copy it instead of installing?=)
Im not that technically enlightened, but I know virtualization is done thru x86 virtual mode. Also in this article(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_virtualization) it is stated that VMWare captures commands as they pass from virtualized environments in virt86mode and reroutes them to normal x86-32/x64.

So theoretically it is possible.
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Bob
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Posted: Jul 16, 2008 7:49:18 PM
Subject: Virtualizing under a virtualization??

You can serially embed virtual machines using VirtualBox. Would that provide the performance you want?
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