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   Aragorn to All   
   Re: Testing multiple distros on one driv   
   03 Aug 12 06:19:16   
   
   From: stryder@telenet.be.invalid   
      
   On Friday 03 August 2012 01:35, David W. Hodgins conveyed the following   
   to alt.os.linux.mandriva...   
      
   > On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 04:28:48 -0400, Adam  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I updated the BIOS, made sure it still had hardware virtualization   
   >> enabled, and still the same problem.  "cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep vmx"   
   >> finds nothing.  Different error message if I have more than one   
   >> processor (out of 4) enabled for the VM.  Maybe until the next BIOS   
   >> update, I'll be limited to 32-bit virtual machines.  Not a serious   
   >> limitation for me, fortunately.  I think that's about as far as I can   
   >> get with this for now.   
   >   
   > I don't have vmx in the cpu flags either, so I'm not sure what's   
   > needed.   
      
      
      
   For AMD, you need svm, ("Secure Virtual Machine", aka "AMD Pacifica   
   Technology") and this is indeed listed among your CPU flags.   
      
   vmx is the Intel Vanderpool technology and only applies to Intel   
   processors.   
      
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