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On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> OK, I got the VirtualBox software going, but I really wanted to get |
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> OS/2 going. When I launched the VM, I got the warning... |
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> > VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration has been enabled, but is not |
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> > operational. Certain guests (e.g. OS/2 and QNX) require this feature. |
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> > Please ensure that you have enabled VT-x/AMD-V properly in the BIOS |
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> > of your host computer. |
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> I ignored it and went into the OS/2 install. You will be glad to know |
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> that Reiserfs managed to recover nicely, without any data loss, after I |
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> totally locked up my machine <G>. When I say totally locked up, not |
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> even the Magic SysReq Key got any response. |
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> There doesn't seem to be anything in my Dell's BIOS setup about VT-x. |
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> Is there any software that can probe the BIOS and enable VT-x, assuming |
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> it exists? If not, I'm out of luck for OS/2 on this machine. |
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Maybe check Dell's site to see if there are any BIOS updates for your model. |
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On my Dell Optiplex 745, there was no virtualization option in BIOS until I |
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upgraded to a newer revision (and it was disabled by default!). |
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