Masina Virtuala

Masina Virtuala - o posibilitate de a rula mai multe sisteme de operare
Are urmatoarele facilitati:
-permite rularea mai multor SO pe acelasi calculator (desi doar unul este cu adevarat SO, celelalte apeleaza la primul pentru a-si îndeplini cerintele)
-nu este necesara repornirea (cu alegerea unui alt SO) pentru a rula un alt SO
-necesita instalarea celorlalte SO
Exemplu: Virtual Box (Sun)
Termeni folositi în acest mediu:

Host OS: SO (sistemul de operare) al calculatorului pe care Virtual Box se instaleaza
Guest OS: SO care ruleaza în interiorul masinii virtuale
Masina virtuala
a) un mediu special în care Guest OS ruleaza (o fereastra)
b)un set de parametri (memorie RAM, hard disc, unitate CD) care permite rularea
Guest OS
OS host suportate
Windows hosts:
– Windows XP, all service packs (32-bit)
– Windows Server 2003 (32-bit)
– Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit[1]).
– Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)
– Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Mac OS X hosts:[2]
– 10.5 (Leopard, 32-bit)
– 10.6 (Snow Leopard, 32-bit and 64-bit)
Linux hosts (32-bit and 64-bit[3]). Among others, this includes:
– Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 ("sarge"), 4.0 ("etch") and 5.0 ("lenny")
– Fedora Core 4 to 11
– Gentoo Linux
– Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5
– SUSE Linux 9 and 10, openSUSE 10.3, 11.0 and 11.1
– Ubuntu 6.06 ("Dapper Drake"), 6.10 ("Edgy Eft"), 7.04 ("Feisty Fawn"), 7.10 ("Gutsy
Gibbon"), 8.04 ("Hardy Heron"), 8.10 ("Intrepid Ibex"), 9.04 ("Jaunty Jackalope").
– Mandriva 2007.1, 2008.0 and 2009.1
Solaris hosts (32-bit and 64-bit[4])
-OpenSolaris (2008.05 and higher, "Nevada" build 86 and higher)
– Solaris 10 (u5 and higher)

OS guest suportate
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003 / Vista / Server 2008 / Windows 7.
DOS / Windows 3.x / 95 / 98 / ME
Linux 2.4
Linux 2.6
– Fedora Core 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11;
– Redhat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5;
– SUSE, openSUSE Linux 9, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 11.0 si 11.1;
– Ubuntu 5.10, 6.06, 7.04, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10 and 9.04.
Solaris 10, OpenSolaris
FreeBSD
OpenBSD
OS/2 Warp 4.5