No issue with 64bit Guests in a VM. I've done it 100's of times over. All the Virtual hardware is supported by the Virtualbox guest additions. Only issue with 64bit is the usual physical issue re, drivers for USB devices.
>From the VirtualBox documentation: 64-bit guests > > VirtualBox supports 64-bit guest operating systems, even on 32-bit host > operating systems,[11<http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#ftn.idp17184> > ] provided that the following conditions are met: > > 1. > > You need a 64-bit processor with hardware virtualization support (see the > section called “Hardware vs. software > virtualization”<http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch10.html#hwvirt> > ). > 2. > > You must enable hardware virtualization for the particular VM for which > you want 64-bit support; software virtualization is not supported for > 64-bit > VMs. > 3. > > If you want to use 64-bit guest support on a 32-bit host operating > system, you must also select a 64-bit operating system for the particular > VM. Since supporting 64 bits on 32-bit hosts incurs additional overhead, > VirtualBox only enables this support upon explicit request. > > On 64-bit hosts (which typically come with hardware virtualization > support), 64-bit guest operating systems are always supported regardless of > settings, so you can simply install a 64-bit operating system in the guest. > > More information at http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html Regards Matt Wilmott On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 10:45 PM, Simon Males <s...@sime.net.au> wrote: > Hello, > > I'll be soon enough be running a Windows VM in VirtualBox for mostly > for Internet Explorer testing. > > Any caveats about running a 64bit guest OS, or just source a 32bit copy? > > -- > Simon Males > _______________________________________________ > coders mailing list > coders@slug.org.au > http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/coders > -- Matt Wilmott | mattwilm...@gmail.com | 0401227509
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