Hi everyone,
I'm working now on code hardening. I want to use virtualbox to make simulation. Then someone can
tell me if it is possible or not to use virtualBox as bare computer. If yes where can I find doc about it.
Thanks.
VirtualBox as bare computer
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Perryg
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Re: VirtualBox as bare computer
VirtualBox is a type 2 hypervisor. Meaning it needs to be run on an operating system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervisor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervisor
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dlgn
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Re: VirtualBox as bare computer
If you really want to use virtualbox without an os, you could compile a stripped-down linux distro with nothing installed but VirtualBox and a file browser.
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abcuser
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Re: VirtualBox as bare computer
But this still would not be a bare metal, just bare minimum OS that is required by virtualbox.dlgn wrote:If you really want to use virtualbox without an os, you could compile a stripped-down linux distro with nothing installed but VirtualBox and a file browser.