Yes, for the vmware we need a host OS on which vmware runs on and then we need a guest OS ( which runs in the VMware). Thanks Nilesh On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 2:41 AM, dd yakkali <dd.yakkali@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am new to this virtualization world. I want to get more information about > this. > > I always thought that Virtualization software needs a base OS to run on. > Once you have the virtualization software installed on a host OS, you can > create any virtual machine/OS using the virtualization software. > > Am I correct in stating this? > > Thanks > Deen >