That being said, if you choose your Linux distros wisely, any modern system should be capable of arbitrary nesting like this.

Depending on the requirements of your development, you may require more memory, or an upgrade to a 64-bit “base-host” operating system. You could simply use Windows as your “base-host” OS, run Linux in a VM, and then use that operating system as the new base-host for Bochs.ĭo note that your only limitation here is your hardware. SuperUser Breakthrough, who had the most votes (20 to be exact) for his answer, explains:Įach virtual machine is technically “independent” of one another, and with VirtualBox, you could easily do this, since it is supported on both Windows and Linux host operating systems (emulated or not). I tried using Cygwin, but I think it’s adding another layer of complexity and not necessarily making things easier. The reason is that I’m interested in starting OS development, and I’ve found that all the tutorials and stuff are much easier to follow on *nix machines.

Is it possible to, say, run VirtualBox on Windows 7 with a Linux guest, and inside that Linux machine run Bochs?

SuperUser Javier Badia wants to know if you can run one virtual machine inside another: So the question at hand now is: can you run VirtualBox on your computer and then run another instance of VirtualBox inside that one? The answer to this question comes courtesy of SuperUser.

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