[ale] vmware workstation, vmplayer 64bit os and memory allocation

[Jim Kinney]

You need to get the 64 bit VMWare workstation version.

It looks like you are running this under a windows environment. That will
limit what version you can run of VMWare. 32-bit host = 32-bit VMWare.

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha
<savithari at gmail.com>wrote:

> I created a VM Ubuntu 64 bit.  I allocated 8GB of RAM from the host(it has
> 12GB) to the VM.
>
> I find that the VMWare Workstation is a 32 bit app (it is installed in the
> c:\Program Files(X86)\VMWare folder.
>
> So does it mean it is a 32 bit app ?
>
> If it is a 32 bit app then the max memory that is allocated to a 32 bit
> process is 2GB.(its my understanding).
>
> Hence even if I have allocated 8GB it is not useful since the
> vmware-worksation or vmplayer app are both 32 bit.
>
> Any idea how to make the full 8Gb available to the VM app or is VirtualBox
> true 64 bit  app a better option ?
>
>
> -Narahari
>
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