From owner-freebsd-virtualization@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 19 11:25:56 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 C49241065676 for ; Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:25:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marius@nuenneri.ch) Received: from mail-ew0-f211.google.com (mail-ew0-f211.google.com [209.85.219.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 669D88FC14 for ; Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:25:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy3 with SMTP id 3so4539531ewy.13 for ; Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:25:55 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.88.206 with SMTP id a56mr1810115wef.64.1261220500163; Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:01:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B2C4D1C.8000707@tundraware.com> References: <4B2BB633.8080302@tundraware.com> <71884493a925c9959242935b6db83e80.squirrel@pop2.pknet.net> <4B2C4D1C.8000707@tundraware.com> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Marius_N=FCnnerich?= Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:01:20 +0100 Message-ID: To: Tim Daneliuk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org 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: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:25:56 -0000 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. =A0FreeBSD 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] >> >> >> >> ]Peter[ >> >> > > Yup, but I wonder ... I'm running XP as the host which is 32-bit even tho= ugh > the hardware is 64-bit capabale. =A0Could this be limiting what VirtualBo= x > can deliver? Exactly. For 64bit guests the host has to be 64bit too afaik.