HyperThreading processors appear as two logical processors.

It is *not* a dual-core processor.

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 7:29 AM, Frank Mehnert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> On Friday 17 October 2008, Sangamesh B wrote:
> > I did: cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep vmx
> >
> > There was no output. So it might not support.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > model name      :               Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
> > model name      :               Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
>
> What processor is that exactly? I'm not aware of any dual core Pentium 4
> processor. There is a Pentium D containing two Pentium 4 cores which is
> capable of VT-x but Linux would show it as two cores each named Pentium D.
> Hmm, so what CPU do you really have? And, btw, which Linux version is that?
>
> If this is a Pentium D then check your BIOS settings if you can enable
> VT-x somewhere.
>

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