To Do Virtualization Inside VPS
I have this nice vps, but its on linux, and I always wanted to run windows apps on the vps, because of the nice configuration. I already tried wine, but most of my windows apps don't work, cuz they require .net framework to run.
I tried to instal vmware server and virtualbox, but both of them complain about a kernel problem, they are unable to locate my kernel source, so they can't run.
I am linux newbie, and i am running on a centos 5 operating system.
Some people say its impossible to run virtualization 'inside' virtualization, but i already read some people that say its possible.
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