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On 01/11/2011 11:04 PM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I am trying to build a windows 7 guest using virtualbox-ose-3.1.8. When |
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> starting the virtual machine to install the OS, I get the warning: |
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> "VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration has been enabled, but is not |
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> operational. Your 64-bit guest will fail to detect a 64-bit CPU and will |
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> not be able to boot. |
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> Please ensure that you have enabled VT-x/AMD-V properly in the BIOS of |
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> your host computer." |
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> I have enabled the following in the BIOS: |
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> Intel(R) Virtualization Technology |
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> Intel(R) VT-d Feature |
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> I have not created a KVM module in the kernel (using |
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> gentoo-sources-2.6.34-r12). Is this needed? |
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No, but now that you've mentioned it have you tried qemu-kvm to see if |
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it has the same complaint? |
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VBox is a fork of qemu, but AFAIK it doesn't use hardware virtualization |
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the way qemu-kvm does (and even qemu added kvm support a few months ago). |
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All three products are good enough to seem like black magic to me :) |
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