On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 18:26:19 +0200, Sven Hartge wrote: > Artifex Maximus <artife...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 2:37 AM, Sven Hartge <s...@svenhartge.de> >> wrote: >>> Artifex Maximus <artife...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:21:50 +0200, Artifex Maximus wrote: >>> >>>>>> The question is I need to upgrade my CPU to any VT capable CPU or >>>>>> is there any solution staying at the current CPU? >>>>> >>>>> Well, you can stil install a 32-bits guest OS but for 64-bits you >>>>> need a VT-x enabled micro, yes. >>> >>>> OK, now a lovely little E8400 power my machine which is VT-x and VT-d >>>> capable. >>> >>> Did you enable the support for those features inside the BIOS setup? >>> If not, they may be masked and unusable for Linux and VirtualBox. > >> Even it is a quite old motherboard "Intel Virtualization Technology" >> BIOS options is enabled. I cannot change that option though. My >> motherboard just for info is a Fujitsu-Siemens G31T-M2 which is some >> ECS OEM motherboard with G31 chipset. > > Hmm. Could you post the output of > > grep flags /proc/cpuinfo > > so that we can see which capabilities the kernel thinks are available on > you CPU,
That will be of little help because CPU will expose the VT-x capabilities despite the BIOS have them turned off. @Artifex, contact your motherboard manufacturer and ask specifically for this. I see nothing at the manual or specs regarding VT-x for your board¹. ¹http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWebSite/Product/Product_Detail.aspx?DetailID=812&CategoryID=1&MenuID=16&LanID=0 Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/k1djaf$vnf$1...@ger.gmane.org