Re: which iso for vm guest on win 7 64 bit
On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:01:08 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:15:53 -0500, Harry Putnam wrote:
>>
>>> The only netinst iso I see that has anything to indicate it is 64 bit
>>> is named amd64. So when a PC is running Intel64, is there a 64 bit
>>> ISO for that?
>>
>> A PC can be running a 64-bits OS but that is not a guarantee that your
>> VM can manage 64-bits guests. I would first read the manual of the
>> involved VM software.
>
> According to Vbox documentation
> (http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html), it supports 64 bit guests
> even when host is 32 bit. (under certain conditions)
Good. Then yes, I don't think you are going to have any problem with a 64-
bit guest OS, I mean, no more problems than the usual ones :-)
>>> I am installing Debian as guest in a vm running on win7 64 bit. Since
>>> the ARCH is not amd, is there a 64 bit iso to use in that case?
>>
>> What kind of VM are we talking here? And what performance are you
>> expecting to get? :-)
>
> I hoped to run a linux machine to interface with tarsnap.
>
> Now I've studied a bit more, I suspect either version of debian will be
> fine.
Yep, just note that if you are going for the 64-bits option (for the
guest) ensure there is a 64-bits package for that application, or at
least read the manual to look for any possible incompatibility with 64-
bits OSes, just in case.
> Far as performance, since the host is able to donate 4GB for the guest,
> I'd expect it to be pretty good.
>
> (host is i7 8GB ram)
Nice! :-)
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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