Is the Use of 64 virtual images justified on a 32-bit operating system?

Question

linux

The question came up because of BigBlueButton - The packaging is for Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit only.
I decided to try it under a virtual machine. BUT I have a 32-bit system installed...
Does it make sense to build everything under VirtualBox.

By the way, if we decide to run everything for teachers, then is it worth leaving it under a virtual machine?
Or sawing ... On the server is 64, but a different version of Ubuntu.

And by the way, as my iron at work - aluminum iMac

Answer 1

If the processor supports it, then it is enough to enable virtualization in the BIOS and everything will work in the vbox

Answer 2

Something seems to me that a 64-bit guest will not start in a 32-bit host. It didn't work for me on KVM! The transfer of virtual machines between different hosts on ubuntu, debian and redhat is fine, with very rare exceptions.
But I make all hosts only in 64 bits, and guests can be any 32 or 64.
As for virtualbox, I only use it for transmission when I need to give a virtual machine to a client, and the client already understands where to convert and where to run. On poppy I use parallels actively, everything is also converted normally.

Answer 3

"aluminum iMac" - very informative. Can you provide a model? To make it clear what processor you have. Read, for example, https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=46904 The ability to run a 64-bit guest OS on a 32-bit host is highly dependent on the capabilities of the processor.
Therefore, I can work part-time with Vanoga. I'm afraid that if your Mac has 32-bit OS X, then it's most likely 10.6 or earlier. Why didn't you update to the latest? Is it because your hardware doesn't support it? So, it is possible that there is not only no support for virtualization by the processor, but in general a 32-bit percent.