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by sgk
31. May 2010, 22:17
Forum: Linux Guests
Topic: SLES 11 on Win7 64-bit fails "This is a 32-bit computer"
Replies: 16
Views: 5383

Re: SLES 11 on Win7 64-bit fails "This is a 32-bit computer"

3.1.2. is pretty clear that "You need a 64-bit processor with hardware virtualization support" Ahh, the pretty clear (!) bit will be this at http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VirtualBox_architecture :-) I'm pretty clear on it now, thanks to a bit of experimenting with VirtualBox and VMware. ...
by sgk
23. May 2010, 12:34
Forum: Linux Guests
Topic: SLES 11 on Win7 64-bit fails "This is a 32-bit computer"
Replies: 16
Views: 5383

Re: SLES 11 on Win7 64-bit fails "This is a 32-bit computer"

Here's the log. Reckon it's down to VirtualBox needing AMD-V feature in the CPU, if it's to virtualize 64-bit guests (even on a 64-bit host). See the "00:00:01.769 HWACCM: No VT-x or AMD-V CPU extension found. Reason VERR_SVM_NO" error below. Appreciate knowing whether this theory is corre...
by sgk
23. May 2010, 00:39
Forum: Linux Guests
Topic: SLES 11 on Win7 64-bit fails "This is a 32-bit computer"
Replies: 16
Views: 5383

Re: SLES 11 on Win7 64-bit fails "This is a 32-bit computer"

Then I'm a bit stumped. No such option exists in the BIOS settings, and VMware on the same box runs the .ISO fine.
by sgk
23. May 2010, 00:36
Forum: Linux Guests
Topic: SLES 11 on Win7 64-bit fails "This is a 32-bit computer"
Replies: 16
Views: 5383

SLES 11 on Win7 64-bit fails "This is a 32-bit computer"

Had problems running VirtualBox 3.2.0 on Windows 7 64-bit (using a Socket 939 AMD Athlon X2 4600+ processor), with a SLES 11 virtual machine. Shortly after starting boot from SLED-11-DVD-x86_64-GM-DVD.iso it fails with error "This is a 32-bit computer. You cannot use 64-bit software on it"...