You need to enable "Execute Protection" or "DEP". -----Original Message----- From: Juned Shaikh [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 4:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Win2k8 - 64Bit on ESX
Hi: I am tyring to understand this phenomena. HP DL380G4 with Intel Xeon3.0 GHz processor. Using Smartstart - I can install Windows 2008 - 64 Bit edition. No problem. Than I installed VMWare ESX 3.5 with latest updates. Trying to install Same Windows 2008 - 64 Bit ; no go. It gives me the message "Info: Attempting to load a 64-bit application, however this CPU is not compatible with 64-bit mode." I am sure that CPU does support 64 Bit becuase I was able to install it directly on the hardware. Googling pointed to various direction including 1) checking the "Virtualization option" in BIOS - there is no option like that 2) Modifying the line in .VMX file on HP servers SMBIOS.reflectHost=TRUE No affect. 3) Upgrading the firmware on the server - done - no change. From what I understand - VMWare ESX 3.5 doesn't have a 32 bit and 64-Bit editions. Any help idea to check further will be appreciated. Thanks, ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
