On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 6:43 AM, Fernando Cassia <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:18 AM, John A. Wallace <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Am I correct in saying that one cannot run a VM inside of another VM? > > > well, you could *try* software emulation, ie Bochs or QEMU inside a > virtualbox vm, but performance will be a DOG. > > You need to understand that much of the magic of virtulization is done by > your CPU, at the hardware level, once you are "inside" a VM, all the > hardware presented is *emulated* (actually, virtualized). Thus, a > virtualization software inside a virtual machine won´t be dealing with a > real cpu, but going through the virtualization layer.
VirtualBox inside VMware Workstation works (slow but acceptable). VM inside VM is a perfectly legitimate use case, it's very useful for automated testing of software. -- Pau Garcia i Quiles http://www.elpauer.org (Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
