

Since supporting 64 bits on 32-bit hosts incurs additional overhead, VirtualBox only enables this support upon explicit request. If you want to use 64-bit guest support on a 32-bit host operating system, you must also select a 64-bit operating system for the particular VM. You must enable hardware virtualization for the particular VM for which you want 64-bit support software virtualization is not supported for 64-bit VMs.ģ. You need a 64-bit processor with hardware virtualization support (see Section 10.3, “Hardware vs.

VirtualBox supports 64-bit guest operating systems, even on 32-bit host operating systems, provided that the following conditions are met:ġ.
