Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:29:10 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@crodrigues.org> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VirtualBox problem booting FreeBSD-9.0-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK1ak6uSX3DteVUBTSU6_tbteeoy0or3G6yLPcfZzbz_mw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAG=rPVdbTgMmqwMWhYx2DiJa6XZ1ycw2-YfjPfQhe7F8p=FOuw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAG=rPVc1X1XVCksQyvPoqfYpJxWJp2Z0bG_9BT35CQUWSF1zDA@mail.gmail.com> <CAG=rPVdbTgMmqwMWhYx2DiJa6XZ1ycw2-YfjPfQhe7F8p=FOuw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@crodrigues.org>wrote: > After exchanging a few e-mails with Bernard, I think I understand the > problem. > According to the VirtualBox manual: > > http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#intro-64bitguests > > The CPU needs to support hardware-assisted virtualization in order for > VirtualBox to support 64-bit guests. > Without the CPU support, VirtualBox cannot do it. I double checked > this with CoreInfo.exe from Windows Sysinternals utilities, > and also from the Intel data sheet for my CPU: > > http://ark.intel.com/products/30787 > (VT-x option not supported) > > > I will use QEMU under Windows until I can get a better machine. :) > I believe a Windows 7 product key will activate either 32 or 64 install, so unless you have a specific reason to install 64 bit then you are likely better using 32 anyway. 32 bit OS's and apps use less memory than their corresponding 64 bit counterparts. -- Adam Vande More
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