From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 24 13:10:29 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48E981065673 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:10:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from decke@bluelife.at) Received: from mail-wi0-f170.google.com (mail-wi0-f170.google.com [209.85.212.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF6178FC22 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:10:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhq12 with SMTP id hq12so2831051wib.1 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:10:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bluelife.at; s=google; h=mime-version:sender:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=jmhnTa/h2sG46+it9qKwRa3R4FAofjFHf6rH3Wo1/Og=; b=H6u7Wpk3yMlbtm6blYAMF2Rb0pWOKQfN6nH6A6uS1lrsr5fnvkUUfWbD15NIX4yteL vkEdEqidu2KKO6GzCyEmnw2iNJm7UJMNJRm+un7f0HM0YTHamCvHt0vOHjE0Rw+tCoqx zoLM10CQkB8HKDTM4/x76nYlXhIundtiwFW5w= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :x-gm-message-state; bh=jmhnTa/h2sG46+it9qKwRa3R4FAofjFHf6rH3Wo1/Og=; b=OMWJXupT+l8BYXospRsoCRHB5+kJtKqEuEdnEdlgtdX9pJZ9I798cOmL/iuqb22nQ+ VNo/6cduNLSUxedNlKHRLX2PbDvylg9UZMMonrDUGDh9ole+1m1AXAd3oL5/DlA82GEa L7XpRapLY57JhyCqkENLPbgzbuKkpNfoVYMbsm4CKTCnRq0x+zWsqtJX9TVrx86FxIz7 KL/Wyw72YY5fk6Cte4z861K3kvTBLwnzpJ+Ri5DN6oEe1I3Mbbi1KmPgreExEMCfCpgL fLycTXIEIYdJZzoYlRxCsRnSS6K+uBMi/XMrXxhnfQazCydgGUZG9kFmHtGoMGa6q0Sv aIjQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.131.13 with SMTP id l13mr2730649wei.195.1345813822274; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:10:22 -0700 (PDT) Sender: decke@bluelife.at Received: by 10.180.90.15 with HTTP; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:10:22 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [80.123.233.199] In-Reply-To: <20120824113220.GA8519@gvr.gvr.org> References: <20120824113220.GA8519@gvr.gvr.org> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:10:22 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 8Mci5Sm-YYRv4GppNY82lVVY5pU Message-ID: From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bernhard_Fr=F6hlich?= To: Guido van Rooij Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQntEhAaAYeMgugOyyWKWE4pVWLARmJUWWzZ8OM9JR7QChPTxpXMguiV/oji4qs+hRNa1XNy Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VirtualBox on FreeBSD host and Windows8 guest X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:10:29 -0000 On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Guido van Rooij wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install Windows 8 in Virtualbox on a 32-bit FBSD host. > (FreebSD 8.3 and VB 4.1.18). > > Windows refuses to install and this is due to NX not being present (it > is enabled in the virtual machine settings). NX is also enabled in my > bios as can be seen in the boot log of the FreeBSD host: > CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P9700 @ 2.80GHz (2793.02-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x1067a Family = 6 Model = 17 Stepping = 10 > Features=0xbfebfbff > Features2=0x408e3fd > AMD Features=0x20100000 > AMD Features2=0x1 > TSC: P-state invariant > > When I create a new virtual machine with the xact same settings as the W8 host, > and boot a FreeSBD installation CD, I see that none of the AMD features are > exposed to the guest os: > CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P9700 @ 2.80GHz (2883.13-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x1067a Family = 6 Model = 17 Stepping = 10 > Features=0x783fbff > Features2=0x209 > TSC: P-state invariant > > Is this just not supported, or is there a secret setting? There are knobs in the processor tab in the GUI for that. http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#settings-processor -- Bernhard Froehlich http://www.bluelife.at/