On May 30, 2008, at 6:59 PM, Erik Trimble wrote: > The only drawback of the older Socket 940 Opterons is that they don't > support the hardware VT extensions, so running a Windows guest > under xVM > on them isn't currently possible.
From the VirtualBox manual, page 11 • No hardware virtualization required. VirtualBox does not require processor features built into newer hardware like VT-x (on Intel processors) or AMD-V (on AMD processors). As opposed to many other virtualization solutions, you can therefore use VirtualBox even on older hardware where these features are not present. In fact, VirtualBox’s sophisticated software techniques are typically faster than hardware virtualization, although it is still possible to enable hard- ware virtualization on a per-VM basis. Only for some exotic guest operating systems like OS/2, hardware virtualization is required. ---- I've been running windows under OpenSolaris on an aged 32-bit Dell. I'm morally certain it lacks the hardware support, and in any event, the VBOX configuration is set to avoid using the VT extensions anyway. Runs fine. Not the fastest box on the planet ... but it's got limited DRAM. -- Keith H. Bierman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | AIM kbiermank 5430 Nassau Circle East | Cherry Hills Village, CO 80113 | 303-997-2749 <speaking for myself*> Copyright 2008 _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
