From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Jan 26 21:10:26 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55A3A1FBF68 for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2020 21:10:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp.rcn.com (smtp.rcn.com [69.168.97.78]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 485QWj2cvcz4VyM for ; Sun, 26 Jan 2020 21:10:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; d=rcn.com; s=20180516; c=relaxed/simple; q=dns/txt; i=@rcn.com; t=1580073023; h=From:Subject:Date:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; bh=MaXFKbass/4u4KLwfREJnDjanqc=; b=pJDydrTW+nAolZupWCiw+3aBwa/NkFVfxQHnmmw9c9S3RHKgMHq1PlSDFhADaSvX eSIqE/ry1+70rchC+3CCiRhGpgvOkfJNKrSqmrGzyqiQp9NGqDUyFTm2MB8YuZUM l5pzXWBCeE5ildgQ9GUhLGq/4BmrKzoZCg5FBEnk48byEwfykP0hjoGBMhA9l5pZ ArvuZbUa008Ns5njgc2j17KavfHI2GA4PBhx+5BtKUY5IgMMO2ibM7K35B1AsDR/ xBNivNvhjgsi299Obant4JDthhoGzW9lfWIy/pyejThsZKnrSijQnhn6kyJ4uYdX jtUeUHX1dN6TGEE8dAUutQ==; X_CMAE_Category: , , X-CNFS-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=JbTCUnCV c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=9TgA2UwI6Wy+6BV4wQM/cQ==:117 a=9TgA2UwI6Wy+6BV4wQM/cQ==:17 a=jpOVt7BSZ2e4Z31A5e1TngXxSK0=:19 a=KGjhK52YXX0A:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=XRQyMpdBKAEA:10 a=Jdjhy38mL1oA:10 a=48faUk6PgeAA:10 a=ExNMxQ0X3F_FjVtUjIAA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 X-CM-Score: 0 X-Scanned-by: Cloudmark Authority Engine X-Authed-Username: cm9iZXJ0aHVmZkByY24uY29t Received: from [209.6.230.48] ([209.6.230.48:43487] helo=jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) by smtp.rcn.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.6.25.56547 r(Core:3.6.25.0)) with ESMTPSA (cipher=AES256-GCM-SHA384) id B3/CA-44953-F300E2E5; Sun, 26 Jan 2020 16:10:23 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <24110.61.962558.823734@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 16:10:21 -0500 From: Robert Huff To: Manish Jain Cc: "freebsd-questions\@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Virtualbox shows only 32-bit machine options In-Reply-To: References: <20200126200007.21775a05@archlinux> <20200126200648.71789189@archlinux> X-Mailer: VM 8.2.0b under 26.3 (amd64-portbld-freebsd13.0) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 485QWj2cvcz4VyM X-Spamd-Bar: ----- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=rcn.com header.s=20180516 header.b=pJDydrTW; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=rcn.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of roberthuff@rcn.com designates 69.168.97.78 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=roberthuff@rcn.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-5.57 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[rcn.com:s=20180516]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:69.168.97.0/24]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; IP_SCORE(-1.47)[ip: (-9.46), ipnet: 69.168.97.0/24(1.21), asn: 36271(0.95), country: US(-0.05)]; DWL_DNSWL_LOW(-1.00)[rcn.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.1]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[rcn.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[rcn.com,none]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[hotmail.com]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[78.97.168.69.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.1]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:36271, ipnet:69.168.97.0/24, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 21:10:26 -0000 Manish Jain writes: > What do you think I should do ? As a side note, I have never updated > BIOS in my life. So if I do it in the coming days, it shall be a first. It is my understanding that - after carefully researching others' experiences - one ought to always keep the BIOS at the most recent revision. And yes - if you've never done it before it can be _terrifying_. The good news is modern machines make it far safer and less painful than it used to be. Respectfully, Robert Huff