Nick

The Sun Virtual Box requires a host OS. My understanding is that ALL

virtual OS require a host.

What's the problem with booting into linux then run your virtual OS from

there?

My 2 Meg machine running XP will run a Sun Virtual Box XP system at a

good speed in order do tests ( it is slow getting info from the 'shared

folder').

If I run 2 Virtual machines at once then it slows down considerably.

re Kristyne's idea, you could do this via USB memory sticks if your

motherboard supports booting from same.

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NickC wrote:

> Thanks for the info chaps.

>

> I have just tested out VMWare GSX but it does not allow stand alone booting;

> it requires an operating system to host it before it can do anything. I was

> hoping to find something which doesn't rely on any particular OS.

>

> In my case I am likely to be running various different versions of Windows.

>

> Does the Sun Virtual Box which you have mentioned allow booting to a virtual

> OS without the requirement to have a host OS?

>

> Thanks,

> Nick

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