On 2 March 2014 15:11, Nigel Verity <nigelver...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I am running 32-bit Xubuntu and use a Virtualbox VM to run 32-bit XP. Since > that is about to go out of support I see the need to replace it
You do? Why? Do you use your VM to access the Internet? If not, it probably doesn't matter. > with a VM > running Windows 7 which, of course, is 64-bit. No it isn't. Yes, there is a 64-bit edition, but there is also a 32-bit one. Run that if you wish. > Can anyone advise on whether/how I can run 64-bit W7 in 32-bit Virtualbox? You can't, AFAIK. > If it can be done, would there still be a big advantage to going over to > 64-bit Xubuntu? Win7 is a big OS. It needs lots of RAM. 4GB is a reasonable basic amount. *No* 32-bit x86 OS can allocated that much RAM to a single process. So if you want big VMs, with more than about 2GB allocated to them, you need a 64-bit host OS. -- Liam Proven * Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk * GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com * Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 * Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
