32bit windows vmware and 64bit linux

pandah · 07-17-2007, 03:09 PM

Hello.
I just starting to get comfortable with Linux. I run specific applications on a 64 bit OS Linux 4U5_AS.
Question....I have a Windows XP laptop running vmWare workstation 5.0. I want to be able to run my 64bit Linux application in this virtual partition. Does anyone know how or if it is possible to emulate a 64bit Linux OS in this i386 environment?

Thanks in advance

jay73 · 07-17-2007, 03:24 PM

That seems unlikely to me. I seem to remember that 64 bit OSes will only work in a 64 bit VMware server/player (and that those can only be installed on a 64 bit OS themselves). Running a 32 bit system inside a 64 bit VM is no problem, however. If you need to have both Windows and Linux available at once, you can install VM on LInux ro run windows.