Hello,
I'm trying to create a Linux VM with 64GB (or 80GB) of RAM. But when I configure the VM to use the 64 or more GB, the Guest OS is only recognizing 3.4GB. It doesn't happen if I configure the VM with 48GB or less.
I'm using VirtualBox version 5.2.6 r120293 in a Mac Pro (Late 2013) 3.3 GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon E5 and 96GB RAM with Mac OS 10.13
The Guest OS is an Oracle Linux 6 update 9 with uek-kernel 4.1.12
Any idea of why this can be happening?
I tried to verify if VM's with more than 64GB RAM are supported, and I have not been able to find any limitation about it. So not sure if this is really supported.
Linux VM Guest doesn't recognize more than 64GB RAM
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socratis
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Re: Linux VM Guest doesn't recognize more than 64GB RAM
We're going to need to see a VM log from a complete VM run:
- Start the VM from cold-boot (not from a paused or saved state) / Observe error / Shutdown the VM (force close it if you have to).
- With the VM completely shut down (not paused or saved), right-click on the VM in the VirtualBox Manager and select "Show Log".
- Save only the first "VBox.log", ZIP it and attach it to your response (see the "Upload attachment" tab below the reply form).
- Right-click on the VM in the VirtualBox Manager. Select "Show in Finder/Explorer/Whatever".
- ZIP the selected ".vbox" file and attach it to your response.
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Re: Linux VM Guest doesn't recognize more than 64GB RAM
I was able to fix the problem, initially I was booting with the UEFI firmware,
I tried again installing the OS with BIOS booting, after that, the 80GB RAM were recognized, looks like the problem is with the UEFI firmware.
I tried again installing the OS with BIOS booting, after that, the 80GB RAM were recognized, looks like the problem is with the UEFI firmware.
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Re: Linux VM Guest doesn't recognize more than 64GB RAM
That may very well be. There were/are several issues with the memory passed to the OS, if it's booted with EFI. As it's becoming more prominent, I can only see improvements. But not until it becomes mandatory to use it. And right now it's only mandatory for OSX guests...jvega wrote:looks like the problem is with the UEFI firmware.
Just one question; did you enable EFI and ICH9 at the same time of the failure?
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Re: Linux VM Guest doesn't recognize more than 64GB RAM
I tried with both chipsets ACH9 and PIIX3.