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Theoretically possible to run two operating systems simultaneously?

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Mar 15, 20263405 views
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A friend of mine asked a question that got me thinking. Is it possible (theoretically, I assume it hasn't been done) to run two operating systems simultaneously on the same computer? Not in the sense of multitasking in one window, but being able to quickly switch from one to the other without resta…

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Access to the hardware must be serialized for various reasons, and it is the hypervisor's job to handle this. That is why virtualization is the only feasible mechanism for this.

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