On Wed, July 23, 2014 10:11, Tom Bishop wrote: > That is the easy answer, they do conflict but it does not mean you > cannot load them both up. You just cannot run them both at the same > time, in order to run one vs the other you need to remove some kernal > mods and insert some etc depending on which one you want to run. > > So the answer is yes you can if you want to you just have to do some > work, here is a decent write up that goes into some detail but there > may be some better examples - > http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/kvm-virtualbox.html > Thanks, I found a write up on scripts that detect and unload/load the kvm and kvm-intel modules. In fact, the very one that you referenced. And I had already gathered that one probably cannot run both a kvm and a vb hypervisor on the same host at the same time. I was wondering if there was any other issues respecting having both of them installed on the same host at the same time even if only one, or neither, is running? A supplemental question: Is there any way to convert a VB guest image into a KVM guest image? The VM image in question is MicroSoft's IE6 development image for MS-XPproSP3. We have a government mandated program that is written in J# and the last OS to support that is XP. I have to get some sort of virtualised XP guest running and as the transferable licenses for that OS are somewhat scarce I thought I might try and get the legal VM version running. However, I would prefer to stick with KVM if at all possible. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3