Re: Virtualization - what do You recommend?

[Odd <iodine@runbox.no>]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Feb 2010, Odd wrote:
>
> > Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2 Feb 2010, Odd wrote:
> > >
> > > > olafrv@gmail.com wrote:
> > > > > Also you can use Xen but you still need special hardware like the
> > > > > latest CPUs from AMD or Intel for Windows run...
> > > > Be careful though. Not all of Intel's latest stuff has hardware
> > > > support for virtualization. Check this list before buying:
> > > > http://ark.intel.com/VTList.aspx
> > >  as i recall, some CPUs actually have HW virt support, but it's
> > > been disabled in the BIOS.  can anyone find something online that
> > > describes anyone who tripped over such a situation, and attempted
> > > to (re)enable that on their own?
> > I had to enable it in the BIOS on my Gigabyte motherboard. It was
> > very easy though, juse enable or disable.
>
>   fair enough, i just wanted to point out that the H/W virt support
> might be there, you just have to activate it.  (i recall others who
> claimed (incorrectly?) that the support was there, but that they had
> no ability to turn it on.)

Sounds strange to me, but it wouldn't surprise me if some BIOSes
don't support it, even if the CPU does. In those cases I would check
for BIOS updates to see if that remedies the situation.

--
Odd