Linux /windows emulation help?

KuramaKitsune · April 13, 2015, 12:35am

https://forum.teksyndicate.com/t/booting-a-real-windows-partition-as-a-vm-inside-linux/77735/3

Booting a real Windows partition as a VM inside Linux?

No. You don't need 2 video cards, though 2 might make things run better. You simply need to have enough video memory on the one card/"adapter" in order to share it between the host OS and any of your client OS's (the "native" real/host OS and a virtual/guest OS). The minimum amount of video memory that is typically required is usually about 128M for anything graphic intense, said with tongue in cheek since most video editors and even some games may require a whole lot more. So if your machine has a video adapter with say 256M, you would essentially be sharing half of it with your client OS assuming you go with the recommendations. (Please note also that VirtualBox usually defaults to much less video memory which is about 32K. However, it usually will be adjusted once you install the Guest OS extensions, though not always!)

but that method is the one where you need 2 gpus