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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

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 <jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx>> 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
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>       Jonathan Marsden
>       jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> 
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