Re: Debian not running in Windoof 7 Virtual PC (in VirtualBox)
On 23/09/10 05:29, Mark Allums wrote:
> On 9/21/2010 6:51 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>
>> To satisfy my curiosity I have been trying (without success) to get
>> Debian installed and running in Windoof 7 Virtual PC.
>>
>> What I have discovered is that:-
>> 1. If you run Windoof 7 in VirtualBox (under Debian) it runs fine -
>> given an inordinate amount of RAM. However it immediately freezes when I
>> attempt to start the W7VPC. Hmmmm...
>
>
> I am probably way late on this one, but that maneuver is a nonstarter.
> Nested Virtualization is very difficult and kind of pointless. A few
> security researchers[0] have done it, mostly as a stunt to prove a
> technical point, but it is very unstable. You *can* run DOSbox in a VM,
> but generally the question is, why would you?
>
> 0. Google Joanna Rutkowska, Blue Pill
>
>
Understood. Nested virtualization was *not* the point, or objective of
the exercise.
If your intentions are instructive/supportive, please read the thread
"ps - illegal instruction" to catch up.
A few? Difficult? Stunts? (sigh)
Sorry Joanna - at this point I need more coffee before I start biting
things for the sake of biting :-/
Cheers
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