From owner-freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 21 11:21:47 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 382CD1065697 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:21:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gofd-freebsd-virtualization@m.gmane.org) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E74F38FC14 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:21:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1NMfjd-0002ZC-Nx for freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:43:29 +0100 Received: from lara.cc.fer.hr ([161.53.72.113]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:43:29 +0100 Received: from ivoras by lara.cc.fer.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:43:29 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:42:16 +0100 Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: <4B2BB633.8080302@tundraware.com> <71884493a925c9959242935b6db83e80.squirrel@pop2.pknet.net> <4B2C4D1C.8000707@tundraware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: lara.cc.fer.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091210) In-Reply-To: Sender: news Subject: Re: FBSD 8.0 And VirtualBox 3.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:21:47 -0000 Marius Nünnerich wrote: > On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 04:48, Tim Daneliuk wrote: >> On 12/18/2009 8:16 PM, Peter wrote: >>>> I have a machine running Win/XP Pro SP3 hosting VirtualBox 3.1. >>>> >>>> The hardware happily boots the Ubuntu amd64 CDROM natively and FreeBSD 8.0 >>>> also boots fine - well ... up to the point where it has to ID the hard >>>> drive, but that's another story. >>>> >>>> IOW, the hardware is 64-bit capable (It is an Intel mobo w/a Pentium-D >>>> 940 w/EMT64 option). >>>> >>>> HOWEVER, when I run VirtualBox and try to install the 64 bit version >>>> of FreeBSD in a VM, it get a "CPU doesn't support long mode" error >>>> during the FreeBSD virtual booting process. FreeBSD 8.0 i386 works >>>> fine. >>>> >>>> 'Anyone run across this before and/or have a fix? >>>> >>>> TIA, >>> >>> Do you have VT-x/AMD-v enabled? [in the BIOS and VBox for this VM] >> Yup, but I wonder ... I'm running XP as the host which is 32-bit even though >> the hardware is 64-bit capabale. Could this be limiting what VirtualBox >> can deliver? > > Exactly. For 64bit guests the host has to be 64bit too afaik. No, if hardware extensions are enabled then PAE is the only requirement for 32-bit hosts to run 64-bit guests. According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Pentium_D_microprocessors) some models of Pentium D have VT extensions and some don't. But then there's also the question of motherboard support.