> > Does your sony vaio laptop have virtualization > support > > in the cpu? I think some sony users have > reported > > that sony's bios disables hardware virtualization, > > although (some) cpus support it. This might slow > > down running XP in a virtual environment, e.g. > with > > virtualbox. > Having a Sony Vaio myself I can say that on all > noteooks except the > business line virtualization is disabled and no > direct way to enable it > in the bios. For the different models and bioses > exist ways to patch and > fix this. My Vaio now runs XP in a hvm domu under > xen/sxce. Though I > didn't see much of a difference when running XP in > Virtualbox after I > enable VT-x. > > Bernd
Thank you. I might be lucky, as this was an expensive business laptop (came with Vista business). It's an SZ4-XWN/C. It should have the latest BIOS, as in the last couple of weeks it went back to Sony as the hinge broke. Sony say "it might be wear and tear, or it my be customer abuse, but it is irrelevant what is it is, as neither are covered by the extended warranty". So a business laptop which is just under 2-years old might have wear and tear that causes damage. You can bet Sony are going to get a fight on their hands over this one. I'm quite willing to take it to court if necessary. It's cost me ?225 to get it back working. The idiots have replaced * The chassis - nothing wrong with it. * The motherboard - nothing wrong with it * The hard drive - nothing wrong with it. No charges for the above 3, but they have charged me for the hinge and the plastic parts it damaged. I am not a happy bunny!! </gripe with Sony> -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
