Hi Phill, I ran the Lubuntu Saucy alpha 2 32-bit alternate iso in a VirtualBox within a 32-bit Ubuntu Precise system. But I can try to run it in a real computer now.
Best regards Nio On 2013-07-25 03:07, Phill Whiteside wrote: > Hi Jonathan, > > I think that everyone missed what I mentioned. That is the > virtualisation of a 32 bit processor from a VM running on a 64 bit host. > In kvm, i can choose from various pentium models, basic kvm32 etc. etc. > And whilst VM's can never take the place of actual hardware, when we > need some i386 iso's testing to get them released, getting a VM to as > near as to a 32 bit system to try them on is far better than just > 'ticking' the box and saying it works. > > Regards, > > Phill. > > On 24 July 2013 23:22, Jonathan Marsden <jmars...@fastmail.fm > <mailto:jmars...@fastmail.fm>> wrote: > > Phill and Nio, > > >> You can run 32-bit code in a 64-bit environment (also in Virtualbox). > > Correct. > > >> But I think there is a switch for it somewhere in the settings. > > If there is, I have not needed to use it. I run a mix of 32bit x86 and > 64bit amd64 VMs all the time. A couple of them run 24x7. > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, at 02:45 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote: > > > I couldn't find the emulation under VBox, it may be in the 'extras' > > package that I do not have installed. > > No, that's definitely not needed for running 32bit x86 code in > VirtualBox. You don't need to do anything special to install and run a > 32bit x86 OS under 64bit amd64 VirtualBox. It just works. > > Jonathan > -- > Jonathan Marsden > jmars...@fastmail.fm <mailto:jmars...@fastmail.fm> > > > > > -- > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa Post to : lubuntu-qa@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-qa More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
