Re: [opensuse] Re: Opensuse 32 or 64 bit decision

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:05, Michael Powell wrote:

Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 23:48 -0400, Andrew Joakimsen wrote:

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On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 22:55, Felix Miata wrote:

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On 2011/03/23 22:34 (GMT-0400) dwgallien composed:

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IMHO this is an easy decision - 64 bit.

How about running virtual machines in, say, vmware? Can vmware run a 64-bit client on a 32-bit host? Or do you need a 64-bit host to run a 64-bit client?

I use VirtualBox on 64 bit OS (11.3 upgraded to 11.4). I don't know about vmware specifically, but the 64 bit Vbox can run either 64 or 32 bit guest VMs. I doubt any virtualization product is capable of running a 64 bit guest on a 32 bit only cpu.

So if you are contemplating running 64 bit guest VMs, go for the 64 bit version for the OS install. Provided you have a 64 bit cpu, of course. Generally most anything new and recent is 64 bit capable.

Actually... you can run 64 bit guests on a 32 bit host with VirtualBox (if you enable hardware virtualization in the host's BIOS). You've been able to do this since version 2.1 of VirtualBox - ie it's been possible for a few years now. See point #3 here: http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#intro-64bitguests C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org