+1 Will be nice-to-have also Android 4.3 work without VT.
Guest: Android 4.3 (link: https://android-x86.googlecode.com/files/android-x86-4.3-20130725.iso) -Technologov On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Arend Dittmer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I tried to install 32-bit Windows 8.1 on my laptop running VirtualBox 4.3.0. > The installation aborted early on with the message: > > Your PC needs to restart. Please hold down the power button. > Error code: 0x0000000A > Parameters: > 0xFFFFFFE6 > 0x0000001F > 0x00000000 > 0x8138AFAB > > According to https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=56465 this > message indicates that hardware assisted virtualization needs to be enabled > to run Windows 8 (32-bit and 64-bit) in VirtualBox. My system does not > support HAV so it all makes sense. > > Having said this ... Is there a possibility that VirtualBox will be enhanced > to support the execution of at least 32-bit versions of Windows 8/8.1 on > systems without hardware virtualization support? > > 1. While all current AMD processors support AMD-V there is a number of > current (and older) Intel processors that don't. Right now Intel's Pentium > Processors B940, B950, 957, 967, B970, 977, 987, B980 do not support VT-X. A > quick google search showed that these processors are used in a variety of > laptops from mainstream vendors like Acer, ASUS, Toshiba, Sony. > > 2. Even if the processor supports HAV the system's BIOS has to support this > feature as well. I assume that most BIOS' do but I am not 100% sure. > > 3. Even though I lack the detailed knowledge about runtime code patching I > think the problem can be solved in software. With VMware Player 6 Windows > 8.1 32-bit installs just fine on my system that lacks HAV support (Using > Player though is not an option). > > I have to admit that I am particuarly interested in this feature as I am > working on a VirtualBox based 'consumer friendly' product that 'just works' > on a broad range of hardware platforms. IMHO though one of the most > interesting features of VirtualBox is the support for a wide variety of host > platforms and the HAV requirement for 8/8.1runs counter to the VirtualBox > philosophy. > > What are your thoughts? > > Arend > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev > -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" _______________________________________________ vbox-dev mailing list [email protected] https://www.virtualbox.org/mailman/listinfo/vbox-dev
