Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit
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This is weird, but VBox says that it will run on Windows Vista and Windows 7 32bit, but that it won't run on Windows 2008 32bit. How does that work? No idea.
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If going this route, only 32bit CentOS is an option. Far, far from ideal. But here is the link for it in case it is needed...
http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/i386/CentOS-7-i386-Minimal-1611.iso
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I was thinking older version of VMware Workstation / VMware Player, but it appears even older versions want a 64-bit CPU.
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Windows 2008 does not have option to install hyperv role?
@NetworkNerd said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:
I was thinking older version of VMware Workstation / VMware Player, but it appears even older versions want a 64-bit CPU.
I think is the best option, and old version of Vmware Player
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@scottalanmiller Yeah, that's weird is almost the same kernel between Vista and Server 2008. I think that requirement of that SW post is skewed. Nothing can be done right on that setup.
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@dbeato said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:
@scottalanmiller Yeah, that's weird is almost the same kernel between Vista and Server 2008. I think that requirement of that SW post is skewed. Nothing can be done right on that setup.
There is certainly no great answer there.
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Is Hyper-V installed? VirtualBox has some issues with Hyper-V.
BTW: Can't he use Hyper-V?
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@thwr said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:
Is Hyper-V installed? VirtualBox has some issues with Hyper-V.
BTW: Can't he use Hyper-V?
Does Hyper-V install on 32bit?
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Hyper-V is a type 1 hypervisor from AFTER the hardware assist era. Pretty sure it has no pure software mode.
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@scottalanmiller said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:
@thwr said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:
Is Hyper-V installed? VirtualBox has some issues with Hyper-V.
BTW: Can't he use Hyper-V?
Does Hyper-V install on 32bit?
doesn't look like, my bad.
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I swear I tried this year's ago but can't find any notes on it maybe a home project at the time when I had a 32 bit Dell 2600 boat anchor lab server.
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@jt1001001 said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:
I swear I tried this year's ago but can't find any notes on it maybe a home project at the time when I had a 32 bit Dell 2600 boat anchor lab server.
It's definitely not something that you really want to do, this is someone stuck with a business that isn't taking itself seriously and is dramatically below the home line.
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@scottalanmiller not an answer to your question but...
if this is the state of art there, why not simply put a pc under ups with a couple of hdd. install centos e do stuff there with software raid1... -
@matteo-nunziati said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:
@scottalanmiller not an answer to your question but...
if this is the state of art there, why not simply put a pc under ups with a couple of hdd. install centos e do stuff there with software raid1...Management won't let them.
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@scottalanmiller said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:
@matteo-nunziati said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:
@scottalanmiller not an answer to your question but...
if this is the state of art there, why not simply put a pc under ups with a couple of hdd. install centos e do stuff there with software raid1...Management won't let them.
And management is aware of...
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/search?sort=PN&alpha=Windows Server 2008&Filter=FilterNO ? -
The last time I had to do this was on a PE 2900 with Vmware and it ran 32 bits VMs and 64 linux vms on a 32 bit system.
I even had a pe 2850 booting to USB with a diskette lol
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@dbeato wasn't there a hack to allow 32 bit VMware to load 64 bit operating systems?
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@jt1001001 It will only work if the CPU is 64 bits but the Vmware version is 32 bits.
