More proof that I am insane

[linuxlove]

Let's see how far I can get. It's been sitting at "Setup is starting Windows" for a few minutes now. The virtualized CPU in the WS2k8 VM has also been sitting at 100% for a while.

[TheCollector1988]

Virtual Machine inside a Virtual Machine = almost 0% it will work.

[dw5304]

i was unaware u can virtualize inside of a virtual machine...
thought it wasn't possible....

[FoobyZeeky]

I managed to install Chicago build 56 inside VPC 2004, inside Windows XP being ran on VirtualBox, and my host was Windows 7 x64. Took ages lol. Booting the MS-DOS bootdisk took 5 minutes.

[linuxlove]

Virtual Machine inside a Virtual Machine = almost 0% it will work.

So far it seems to be working. Server 2003 Setup went ahead and booted and now we're sitting at 2% of files copied.

[TheCollector1988]

well it will be VERY VERY slow. and I bet by 6 hours it will be around 15%

[CaptainPeanut]

I have done it already. Haven't changed the hotkey of the VM Guest and then I couldn't exit of the virtual machines.

[TheCollector1988]

I never try such thing (Virtual Machine inside a Virtual Machine) because I know it will not work for me. Better stick with the host OS you know , it's already enough that XP and Server 2003 take around 40 minutes to install!

[JakubkoPC]

I see on some forums that VBox In VBox works.

[CaptainPeanut]

I see on some forums that VBox In VBox works.

Change the Virtual Machine's Guest hotkey...

[JoeyDUK]

Never ever tried this, might be worth a go

[Kenneth]

Nested virtualization support helps

[linuxlove]

And after about an hour, this is where we're at.

[xXxWindows8_FANxXx]

LOL its awesome ! one time i ran virtual pc in vmware ... it worked but too slow
had xp > 95 !

[aLinux]

what are your specs ?

[EPPM]

I tried 7 > XP Mode > 95 (VBox) and it worked well and fast.

You could try 3.1 after that

[FoobyZeeky]

XP Mode works almost as an extension of Windows 7 IIRC so that should be perfectly fast.

[Derf]

XP Mode works almost as an extension of Windows 7 IIRC so that should be perfectly fast.

You don't recall correctly - XP Mode works as an implementation of VirtualPC. When you install Windows XP Mode, you're actually installing Windows XP onto a virtual machine and having it run as a sort of part of the shell.

[zamadatix]

Why don't you just install VB on the host, install Server 2003, copy it over to the VM, and THEN boot it?

[Ricardo95]

Too bad that DosBox refuses to run due to the lack of proper video drivers for Windows 98, I'll look into that later...

[linuxlove]

Why don't you just install VB on the host, install Server 2003, copy it over to the VM, and THEN boot it?

Why didn't I think of that? õ_ô

[RichardG867]

That would ruin the fun in completely running the OS itself under nested virtualization IMO.

[aLinux]

Why don't you just install VB on the host, install Server 2003, copy it over to the VM, and THEN boot it?

Why didn't I think of that? õ_ô

are you blind ?

what are your specs ?

[linuxlove]

are you blind ?

what are your specs ?

I thought you were asking xXxWindows8_FANxXx. Sorry.

3.00GHz Intel Pentium 4 631+
2.0GB RAM
Windows 7 x64

[aLinux]

are you blind ?

what are your specs ?

I thought you were asking xXxWindows8_FANxXx. Sorry.

3.00GHz Intel Pentium 4 631+
2.0GB RAM
Windows 7 x64

hm... i wonder what or how many can i run with my core 2 quad and 8 gb ram