On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Armindo Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > > 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.. > Unfortunately the processor is Pentium 4 630. Thank you very much for your valuable info > > > >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > >
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