Achim Hasenmueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Heike C. Zimmerer wrote: >> | Windows requires certain processor features that are not available >> | on the processor in this computer. Specifically, Windows requires the >> | following instructions. >> | >> | CPUID >> | CMPXCHG8B >> | >> | Setup cannot continue. Press any key to exit. >> > Looking at your VBox.log, it seems as if your CPU does not support > CMPXCHG8B. Wonder why Windows refuses to install without it. Maybe it > doesn't fully recognize the CPU and thinks it's Intel which has to have > the feature?
Hmmm ... so I might have been misled by the error message in that it's not the CPUID, but just the CMPXCHG8B which is missing? Hmm ... yes, that would make sense. I remember about CMOV opcodes and issues with software that assumes all 686s have them. Still wonder why it's running natively. There might be some code to detect a VIA CPU which doesn't work in the virtual machine. Any quick hack to make VirtualBox believe it's running on a [45]86? Heike _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
