Hi Randy, if you want to use 64bit guests you have to activate hardware assisted virtualization (SVM-V for AMD) in the advanced tab of the general settings page. This requirement for 64bit guests is also written in the manual.
Kind regards, Alexander Eichner Am Sonntag, den 04.01.2009, 03:20 -0500 schrieb Randal T. Rioux: > Host: > > AMD 64X2 4600+ > Vista x64 > VirtualBox 2.1.0 AMD64 > > When trying to install 64-bit Gentoo Linux on VBox 2.1.0 I get the > following when booting from the .iso: > > This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i1586 CPU. Unable > to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU. > > And yes, it says i1586, not i586. Any thoughts? > > Thanks, all. > > Randy > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
