--- On Mon, 16/3/09, mike james <mike...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: mike james <mike...@gmail.com> Subject: Vmware on 64bit ubuntu To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Monday, 16 March, 2009, 10:23 AM Hi all, Can anyone tell me if its possible to run Vmware workstation on 64 bit Ubuntu using more than 4 gig of RAM? Sorry for the vagueness of the question, but Im doing some research for a friend who is currently a windows user but is considering 64 Ubuntu so that he can get better RAM usage to setup a virtual test environment. Mike --- Yes you can run a 64 bit os on a 64 bit vmware, you can run a 32 bit os on a 64 bit vmware, you can run 64 bit os on a 32 bit os. I believe quemu, virtualbox, kvm, xen can also do this. you can run a "hugemem" kernel to allow a 32 bit os to be able to use more than 4gb. If you are going to build a test environment vmware is a reasonable option but there is competition. xen is backed by most of the big linux companies and is open source. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
