I got an answer to my question, posted here, from ... but I've been
instructed not to post to individuals but to the list so I copy the
Mak's response here :
<snip>
Your CPU is 64-bit from what I can see. From a bit of Googling, others
have encountered this problem, and it seems to have to do with VM-X. I
have no idea what that is, but a thread in which someone has a very
similar issue is here:
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=19420
One notable quote is:
...[the CPU] does not have Intel VT (hardware virtualization), so you
will not be able to run 64 bit guests in Virtualbox even though you run
a 64 bit host.
HTH
</snip>
So, OK. I cannot have 64 bit guests using virtual box.
I have installed the 32 bit version of FreeBSD... but it has no X and
apparently no networking because the ftp from pkg_add failed.
Did I do something wrong in the install, or do I really have to
configure all that stuff by hand?
Thanks for your help.
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John Francis Lee
1025/37 Thanon Jet Yod
Mueang Chiangrai 57000
Thailand
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08/20/2009 11:59 PM
Hello Duncan Hutty,
I write to you directly because I have posted several times to the list
and have not seen an answer to my problem, and you seem knowledgeable
about freebsd.
I have a dual-core amd64 machine running ubuntu 9.04 with vbox 3.04 and
have tried to create a freebsd guest on it. I've had a freebsd webserver
at iserver/viaverio for about 15 years but still have not set up a
freebsd box of my own where I can really learn the ins and outs of the
system, and I'd like to.
My problem is that I'm told right at the onset of the install that
CPU doesn't support long mode
Someone suggested that I was trying to install a 64 bit os on 32 bit
system, but I don't think that's the case :
j...@ws3:~$ hwinfo --cpu
01: None 00.0: 10103 CPU
[Created at cpu.304]
Unique ID: rdCR.j8NaKXDZtZ6
Hardware Class: cpu
Arch: X86-64
Vendor: "AuthenticAMD"
Model: 15.107.2 "AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+"
Features:
fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ht,syscall,nx,mmxext,fxsr_opt,rdtscp,lm,3dnowext,3dnow,rep_good,pni,cx16,lahf_lm,cmp_legacy,svm,extapic,cr8_legacy,3dnowprefetch
Clock: 1000 MHz
BogoMips: 2009.02
Cache: 512 kb
Units/Processor: 2
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
02: None 01.0: 10103 CPU
[Created at cpu.304]
Unique ID: wkFv.j8NaKXDZtZ6
Hardware Class: cpu
Arch: X86-64
Vendor: "AuthenticAMD"
Model: 15.107.2 "AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+"
Features:
fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ht,syscall,nx,mmxext,fxsr_opt,rdtscp,lm,3dnowext,3dnow,rep_good,pni,cx16,lahf_lm,cmp_legacy,svm,extapic,cr8_legacy,3dnowprefetch
Clock: 1000 MHz
BogoMips: 2009.02
Cache: 512 kb
Units/Processor: 2
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
I'm then dumped into an OK prompt and unable to do much more.
Have you seen or heard of this before?
Sorry to bother you if you have no clue yourself.
Thanks for any help you might be able to give.
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John Francis Lee
1025/37 Thanon Jet Yod
Mueang Chiangrai 57000
Thailand
08/15/2009 10:38 PM
My problem seems to be that
CPU doesn't support long mode
Is that it? Can't get there from here?
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John Francis Lee
1025/37 Thanon Jet Yod
Mueang Chiangrai 57000
Thailand
08/15/2009 10:20 PM
Hi,
I got a new machine, a linux ubuntu-running AMD64 based one, and thought
I'd try out FreeBSD here at home. But when I begin the VirtualBox
installation I get dumped into a shell-looking terminal with an OK
prompt. I can't read all the instructions and frankly cannot do anything
with it. I tried hitting the 2 before the timeout to boot with ACPI
disabled but that seems not to make any difference.
Have you heard of this problem before?
Any help you might give appreciated.
Thanks.
I'll go see if the VirtualBox people can shed any light on the matter
as well.
--
John Francis Lee
1025/37 Thanon Jet Yod
Mueang Chiangrai 57000
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John Francis Lee
1025/37 Thanon Jet Yod
Mueang Chiangrai 57000
Thailand
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