Re: VM Ware Player under Debian Lenny AMD64 on laptop

[James Brown <jbrownfirst@gmail.com>]

Bjørn Mork wrote:
> James Brown <jbrownfirst@gmail.com> writes:
>
>   
>> When I tried install the kvm, the system tell me: "Your system does not
>> have the CPU extensions required to use KVM. Not doing anything. failed!"
>>     
>
> from the kvm package description:
>
> <quote>
>  KVM requires your system to support hardware virtualization, provided by AMD's
>  SVM capability or Intel's VT. To find out if your processor has the necessary
>  support, do as follows:
>  .
>  * Make sure you run Linux 2.6.16 or newer for AMD processors, or
>  Linux 2.6.15 for Intel processors.  Older Linux versions do not report
>  the virtualization capabilities.
>  .
>  * Run this command in a shell: egrep '^flags.*(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo
>  .
>  If it prints anything, the processor provides hardware virtualization
>  support and is suitable for use with KVM.
> </quote>
>
>
>   
It is print nothing.
> But do check your BIOS setup if you think your CPU should support
> hardware virtualization.  Most have some option to disable it, and it
> may be disabled by default.
>   
What is the name of item I need to enable in BIOS if it exist in my BIOS?
> You'll probably have to check the Intel or AMD web sites to find out if
> your CPU is supposed to have such support.
>
>
> Bjørn
>
>
>   
I'll try.