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Old 10-26-2008, 11:48 PM   #1
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Gentoo native install and Windows Vmware


Hey guys,
I'm a long time Gentoo user. Recently I installed Windows on a portion of my HD. I'm about to install Gentoo on the rest of my HD.
Now, I have a 64-bit system, but my Windows version i'm running is 32bit. The Gentoo installation will be 64bit

Here is the question: After I install this 64bit Gentoo OS, will I be able to access it within my 32bit Windows Vmware Workstation?
If so, will I be able to run my 64 linux applications on top of my 32 Windows OS via Vmware?
That would be really cool
 
Old 10-27-2008, 08:08 AM   #2
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Hey guys,
I'm a long time Gentoo user. Recently I installed Windows on a portion of my HD. I'm about to install Gentoo on the rest of my HD.
Now, I have a 64-bit system, but my Windows version i'm running is 32bit. The Gentoo installation will be 64bit

Here is the question: After I install this 64bit Gentoo OS, will I be able to access it within my 32bit Windows Vmware Workstation?
If so, will I be able to run my 64 linux applications on top of my 32 Windows OS via Vmware?
That would be really cool
That entirely depends on the cpus that the used virtual machine is capable to emulate, regardless of the host OS.

As far as I know, there should be no problem running x86 software on vmware under amd64. I do it for testing purposes with linux livecds on my sempron desktop.

I don't know if vmware is able to emulate and x86_64 cpu when it's running under x86.
 
Old 10-27-2008, 10:52 AM   #3
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Well. I guess were about to find out.
 
Old 10-27-2008, 07:32 PM   #4
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Does anyone know if I can install gentoo with Windows 32bit VMware onto a physical partition and be able to natively boot to it?
 
Old 10-28-2008, 12:38 AM   #5
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Does anyone know if I can install gentoo with Windows 32bit VMware onto a physical partition and be able to natively boot to it?
Don't think so. Windows will not even boot if you change the order of the disks or if you transfer is to another computer with is not identical or almost identical. So, let alone your real pc vs. the VM.

My guess is that to run windows inside the vm, you need to install it using the vm.
 
  


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