Using VBox without host

joaocarlos86 · Post by **joaocarlos86** » 29. May 2009, 17:09

All,

somebody know how to use VBox without host?!
I want to install VBox like the VMWare ESXi, and make virtual machines works without any host.

Thks!

Post by **baf** » 29. May 2009, 19:29

Not possible at all.
You must have a host.

http://www.virtualbox.de/wiki/User_FAQ · Post by **stefan.becker** » 29. May 2009, 20:07

VMWARE ESX has a Host, too.

Its a minimal linux integrated in the packages.

joaocarlos86 · Post by **joaocarlos86** » 29. May 2009, 20:39

THKS!!!!

Post by **Martin** » 30. May 2009, 12:25

stefan.becker wrote:VMWARE ESX has a Host, too.
Its a minimal linux integrated in the packages.

Technically incorrect. ESX is using a Linux VM for some management functions. The vmkernel is running directly on the HW. In earlier versions a modified Linux loader was used to start the vmkernel, now ESX has its own loader.

Martin

http://www.virtualbox.de/wiki/User_FAQ · Post by **stefan.becker** » 30. May 2009, 12:29

What do you think what the loader is?

NeBlackCat · Post by **NeBlackCat** » 11. Jun 2009, 06:34

A few months ago someone posted that they'd made an ultra-stripped down Linux-based VBox "hypervisor", you could try searching for that.

EDIT: I think it was this

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