On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Frank Mehnert <[email protected]> wrote:
> Please note that you need AMD-V (or VT-x with Intel CPUs) in any case > if you want to use 64-bit guests. It does not matter if your CPU is > 32-bit or 64-bit. Sorry, I fear your CPU will not support 64-bit guests. > >> Hence, what is this "explicit request" the manual talks about?. In any >> case, that paragraphs needs some cleanup for clarity. > > If your CPU would support AMD-V there would be entries like Ubuntu (64-bit). > Because your CPU does not support AMD-V, you will not see these entries. Oh, thanks for the explanation. Note that I said I'm using here a Athlon 64, that doesn't mean I don't have an AMD-V enabled CPU. In fact, I do have a Linux desktop running AMD Opteron Dual-Core 2216. >> PS: I'm running a single-core Athlon64 3400+ here, 64-bit,yes, but no AMD-V > > So no 64-bit support for guests, sorry. Would you consider rewording the mentioned paragraph in the User's Manual?. Just adding the two paragraphs that you quoted above would be more than enough to make the point clear. "A CPU with hardware virtualization (AMD-V) is needed to run a 64-bit guest under a 32-bit host. If your CPU supports AMD-V there would be entries like Ubuntu (64-bit). If your CPU does not support AMD-V, you will not see these entries, and you cannot run a 64-bit Guest in a 32-bit host OS". FC _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
