On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote:
> OK, I got the VirtualBox software going, but I really wanted to get > OS/2 going. When I launched the VM, I got the warning... > > > VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration has been enabled, but is not > > operational. Certain guests (e.g. OS/2 and QNX) require this feature. > > Please ensure that you have enabled VT-x/AMD-V properly in the BIOS > > of your host computer. > > I ignored it and went into the OS/2 install. You will be glad to know > that Reiserfs managed to recover nicely, without any data loss, after I > totally locked up my machine <G>. When I say totally locked up, not > even the Magic SysReq Key got any response. > > There doesn't seem to be anything in my Dell's BIOS setup about VT-x. > Is there any software that can probe the BIOS and enable VT-x, assuming > it exists? If not, I'm out of luck for OS/2 on this machine. > Maybe check Dell's site to see if there are any BIOS updates for your model. On my Dell Optiplex 745, there was no virtualization option in BIOS until I upgraded to a newer revision (and it was disabled by default!).
