VirtualBox Hardware Requirements

These guidelines for Windows and Linux come from the VirtualBox End-User Documentation.

Hardware

Description

Processor

Oracle recommends using a recent (within the last five years) "reasonably powerful" x86 processor (either Intel or AMD), including AMD/Intel x64 processors. VirtualBoot does not support Itanium (IA64).

Memory

At least 1GB

Hard Drive Space

At least 10 GB. This is dependent upon the guest operating system loaded in the VM.

Host OS

VirtualBoot supports the same host operating systems as VirtualBox.

Guest OS

VirtualBoot on either a Linux or Windows host supports booting image files created from a Windows system volume for these OSes:

Server

  • Windows 2008 R2 (32- and 64-bit)
  • Windows Server 2008 (32- and 64-bit)
  • Windows 2000

Workstation

  • Windows 10
  • Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit)
  • Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit)
  • Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit)
  • Windows XP (32- and 64-bit)

VirtualBoot on a Linux host also supports booting image files of Linux boot volumes.

Warning! VirtualBoot does NOT support booting a Linux-based image file on a Windows host.

Note: When using VirtualBoot to boot an image of an x64 operating system, make sure that your host hardware supports AMD-V or VT-x, and that AMD-V, or VT-x, is enabled in the host machine's hardware BIOS settings.