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 >> -- >> Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> vbox-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > > -- -- "The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible." Sir Arthur C. Clarke
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