Gregory Nowak <g...@gregn.net> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 08:27:23AM +1200, David Love wrote: > > I have been running VirtualBox for some time on Linux Mint as Host. > > currently using v4.3.12. The architcture of my computer is x64. > > > > One thing I have noticed is that when choosing a LInux distribution to > > run, only x32 versions are shown in the menu. I have tried running > > x64 but always receive a message that it is the incorrect > > architecture. > > > > Is someone able to advise me why this is so? Am I doing something > > wrong? > > > > David > > Your processor needs to support hardware virtualization extensions to > run 64-bit guests. Since you can't select 64-bit guests when creating > new guests, this means that either hardware virtualization is disabled > in your BIOS, or that your processor doesn't support it. The latter is > true for older 64-bit processors.
Hi Greg Thanks for your prompt reply. My computer has an AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor (family, model, stepping 21.1.2 (AMD Opteron/Athlon64/FX which should satisfy the x64 requirement. However, I cannot find anywhere in the BIOS to determine whether hardware virtualisation is enabled/disabled. Any hints appreciated :-) Regards David -- David Love 'Thief' is SO ugly. I prefer 'Creative Aquisition Specialist ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. http://tv.slashdot.org/ _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
