# Rocky 8.6 host, Rocky 9.0 guest?

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**Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\
**Created:** [July 16, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-8-6-host-rocky-9-0-guest/6601 "2022-07-16T15:13:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![jlehtone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9a140/32.png) [@jlehtone](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/jlehtone)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rocky-8-6-host-rocky-9-0-guest/6601/2 "2022-07-16T15:25:48Z")

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> [@gerry666uk](#):
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> Can Rocky 8.6 somehow provide everything needed for Rocky 9.0?

EL 9 requires features like _SSE4.2_ from the CPU. I don’t think that virtualization can emulate them on system, where CPU does not have them.

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