Al, Virtualisation requires a base operating system to run the "virtualiser" on for example VMWare. You could run windows 7 as a base machine with VMWare as a std program and in VMWare spin up a linux box and windows boxes etc that would run no problem. However, running Windows as the base operating system isn't the most efficient solution and Linux is best as the OS runs quicker, not having all the M$ Graphical stuff in it.
With Microsoft HyperV which runs on top of Microsoft Server you can do the same thing and my experience is that it is quicker and also free but it keeps you in the M$ camp exclusively! I'll drop you an email re possibilities. Dave -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Al Sent: 28 February 2014 09:20 To: [email protected] Subject: [NF] Virtualisation Hi Foxgang I'm getting very confused with virtualisation. Here is what I would like to do. One computer, which I need to upgrade the motherboard/proc to 64 bit I would like to run a windows server and a linux server at the same time on one box. Is this what virtualisation does? Do you load, say windows and run Linux on top. Or is it separate altogether? Al [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
