From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   Aragorn wrote:   
   > On Friday 03 August 2012 15:33, Adam conveyed the following to   
   > alt.os.linux.mandriva...   
      
   >> for each core.  "svm" is there, about 3/4 of the way through, between   
   >> cmp_legacy and extapic.   
   [...]   
   >> OTOH it doesn't explain why my system has the svm flag but   
   >> VBox gives an error when trying to install a 64-bit guest OS.   
   >   
   > I'm guessing that it must be a bug in your copy of VirtualBox.  Perhaps   
   > it is looking only for the Intel virtualization technology.   
      
   Thanks for your suggestions!  I don't think that's it, because 64-bit   
   VMs work on Dave's machine, and that's also an AMD processor.  I /think/   
   I found where the problem is:   
      
   [root@stolid ~]# modprobe -v kvm-amd   
   insmod /lib/modules/3.0.37-1mdv/kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm.ko.gz   
   insmod /lib/modules/3.0.37-1mdv/kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm-amd.ko.gz   
   FATAL: Error inserting kvm_amd   
   (/lib/modules/3.0.37-1mdv/kernel/arch/x86/kvm/kvm-amd.ko.gz): Operation   
   not supported   
   [root@stolid ~]# dmesg | grep kvm   
   kvm: disabled by bios   
   [root@stolid ~]#   
      
   It looks like there's something in the BIOS disabling kvm, even though   
   I've installed the latest (March) BIOS update (although the startup   
   screen still shows the date of the original one) and made sure   
   Virtualization Technology is Enabled in the BIOS setup and even   
   power-cycled the tower as suggested on several web pages.  If that's the   
   case, I suppose the only things I can do are complain to HP and also see   
   if this affects other virtualization software.  Fortunately this isn't a   
   big issue for me, as I seldom use VMs and also now have a test system   
   where I can do a native install of any 64-bit OS.   
      
   Of course I could be wrong and the problem might be something else   
   entirely. :-)   
      
   Adam   
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