On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Armindo Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

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> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Sangamesh B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Frank Mehnert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
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>>> 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.
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>> As mentioned earlier, the Host OS is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, x86_64
>> bit version.
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>> So what can I do now to create 64 bit Linux OS. Is it possible to upgrade
>> the BIOS?
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> 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..
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Unfortunately the processor is Pentium 4 630.

Thank you very much for your valuable info

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