Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit
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Yeah, here is a tough one. User has a 32bit Windows 2008 install that he is not allowed to remove. He needs to install MySQL 5.7, which cannot install on something as old as Windows 2008 (nor should it go there, anyway.) He needs to get it onto CentOS or something similar. VirtualBox on Windows 2008 might let him do what he needs. Nothing is going to be great here given the extreme limitations.
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And he has to run it on top of this 2008 system? Nothing additional on which to run?
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This is weird, but VBox says that it will run on Windows Vista and Windows 7 32bit, but that it won't run on Windows 2008 32bit. How does that work? No idea.
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If going this route, only 32bit CentOS is an option. Far, far from ideal. But here is the link for it in case it is needed...
http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/isos/i386/CentOS-7-i386-Minimal-1611.iso
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I was thinking older version of VMware Workstation / VMware Player, but it appears even older versions want a 64-bit CPU.
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Windows 2008 does not have option to install hyperv role?
@NetworkNerd said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:
I was thinking older version of VMware Workstation / VMware Player, but it appears even older versions want a 64-bit CPU.
I think is the best option, and old version of Vmware Player
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@scottalanmiller Yeah, that's weird is almost the same kernel between Vista and Server 2008. I think that requirement of that SW post is skewed. Nothing can be done right on that setup.
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@dbeato said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:
@scottalanmiller Yeah, that's weird is almost the same kernel between Vista and Server 2008. I think that requirement of that SW post is skewed. Nothing can be done right on that setup.
There is certainly no great answer there.
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Is Hyper-V installed? VirtualBox has some issues with Hyper-V.
BTW: Can't he use Hyper-V?
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@thwr said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:
Is Hyper-V installed? VirtualBox has some issues with Hyper-V.
BTW: Can't he use Hyper-V?
Does Hyper-V install on 32bit?
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Hyper-V is a type 1 hypervisor from AFTER the hardware assist era. Pretty sure it has no pure software mode.
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@scottalanmiller said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:
@thwr said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:
Is Hyper-V installed? VirtualBox has some issues with Hyper-V.
BTW: Can't he use Hyper-V?
Does Hyper-V install on 32bit?
doesn't look like, my bad.
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I swear I tried this year's ago but can't find any notes on it maybe a home project at the time when I had a 32 bit Dell 2600 boat anchor lab server.
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@jt1001001 said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:
I swear I tried this year's ago but can't find any notes on it maybe a home project at the time when I had a 32 bit Dell 2600 boat anchor lab server.
It's definitely not something that you really want to do, this is someone stuck with a business that isn't taking itself seriously and is dramatically below the home line.
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@scottalanmiller not an answer to your question but...
if this is the state of art there, why not simply put a pc under ups with a couple of hdd. install centos e do stuff there with software raid1... -
@matteo-nunziati said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:
@scottalanmiller not an answer to your question but...
if this is the state of art there, why not simply put a pc under ups with a couple of hdd. install centos e do stuff there with software raid1...Management won't let them.
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@scottalanmiller said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:
@matteo-nunziati said in Type 2 Virtualization on Top of Windows Server 2008 32bit:
@scottalanmiller not an answer to your question but...
if this is the state of art there, why not simply put a pc under ups with a couple of hdd. install centos e do stuff there with software raid1...Management won't let them.
And management is aware of...
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/search?sort=PN&alpha=Windows Server 2008&Filter=FilterNO ? -
The last time I had to do this was on a PE 2900 with Vmware and it ran 32 bits VMs and 64 linux vms on a 32 bit system.
I even had a pe 2850 booting to USB with a diskette lol
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@dbeato wasn't there a hack to allow 32 bit VMware to load 64 bit operating systems?
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@jt1001001 It will only work if the CPU is 64 bits but the Vmware version is 32 bits.
