From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 24 13:53:55 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 E1D11106564A for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:53:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from decke@bluelife.at) Received: from mail-we0-f182.google.com (mail-we0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 648998FC08 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:53:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by weyx56 with SMTP id x56so7425937wey.13 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:53:53 -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 :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ZWUP0EvkP9MX8oFQxZIVs6aW75bs7pYXEg5Z3eJhZM8=; b=XNT1MWf+WIH/xzXl9NNJ4r5JUno1gOMKcJ6B83WInqCYhM1hLkbw3tDVTr7ohk+hW+ wX0ieHU4tJi0gfpVevbdFkDToNAGukunxP6PqYjIbbzd6vBe//AINjhLDnqGakToiJ5X 9imL9AjQuVYJ9y1MA3iQRIscfnNUcic/Uzo9o= 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 :content-transfer-encoding:x-gm-message-state; bh=ZWUP0EvkP9MX8oFQxZIVs6aW75bs7pYXEg5Z3eJhZM8=; b=B6X0onaaP3GusiZdHj3RrnYZCe5ePVcEcC2MA8e3QZm/vxcgmqu118nf9pGFwI74Ba ZXkUw7ONflR8oJPJXx6ZiD3QdGIuPmtRPltHAZQGZd+cx5DjFu4md9Op/S63Mmrr+fp4 +JnZjMzmO3NbZCs5aNTdEunJPpaYwUeSNdIZHMdQAzNd80YjuAP3a/DQOhQsf73XSdtN VVUb2sZ/0HctorDVwRBziiFO+pyCsLcPo/NRyFS1gCk3XibgmrfOYBUGl8mE0xONRBzi BGgSesiVAHUzum7Ji3+bUInkC0f+i+yuhqVYMM6A+7Chzt38XjUtlBfWEW2PkFwGbtiJ JJ0w== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.131.13 with SMTP id l13mr2789182wei.195.1345816433348; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:53:53 -0700 (PDT) Sender: decke@bluelife.at Received: by 10.180.90.15 with HTTP; Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:53:53 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [80.123.233.199] In-Reply-To: <20120824131914.GA9628@gvr.gvr.org> References: <20120824113220.GA8519@gvr.gvr.org> <20120824131914.GA9628@gvr.gvr.org> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:53:53 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: W4SfgXuA3gW-PdV7cjP7X2P-a3o Message-ID: From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bernhard_Fr=F6hlich?= To: Guido van Rooij Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnoqCfxTQl/XsCGt57LdEK82uJp4pfqFyn+YN5/m3PrRdzolbl5BWROcv82iVRQowJuIQJ7 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 13:53:55 -0000 On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Guido van Rooij wrote: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 03:10:22PM +0200, Bernhard Fr=F6hlich wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Guido van Rooij wro= te: >> > 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 =3D "GenuineIntel" Id =3D 0x1067a Family =3D 6 Model =3D 1= 7 Stepping =3D 10 >> > Features=3D0xbfebfbff >> > Features2=3D0x408e3fd >> > AMD Features=3D0x20100000 >> > AMD Features2=3D0x1 >> > 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 feature= s are >> > exposed to the guest os: >> > CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P9700 @ 2.80GHz (2883.13-MHz 686-= class CPU) >> > Origin =3D "GenuineIntel" Id =3D 0x1067a Family =3D 6 Model =3D 1= 7 Stepping =3D 10 >> > Features=3D0x783fbff >> > Features2=3D0x209 >> > 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. >> > > Enable PAE/NX is set. > Vt-x/AMD-V is set > Nesting paging is set. > > So the knowbs are set correctly, yet no NX. Have a look at your VBox.log and check what it says. --=20 Bernhard Froehlich http://www.bluelife.at/