On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Sangamesh B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 5:59 PM, 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.
>>
> This is not a Pentium D processor, As Alex said it is Pentium 4  with HT
> Enabled Processor.
> Its not daul core, but logically shows two cores.
>
> As mentioned earlier, the Host OS is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, x86_64 bit
> version.
>
> So what can I do now to create 64 bit Linux OS. Is it possible to upgrade
> the BIOS?
>

Unless your processor is a  Pentium 4 662 or 672 (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtualization_Technology#Hardware_support)
you won't be able to do it. If there is not support from the CPU there's
nothing the BIOS can do..



> Thanks for your support,
> Sangamesh
>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Frank
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