On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 10:43:55PM -0300, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Chris G <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is there any way I can configure VirtualBox to make the guest XP machine > > think it has a faster processor than it seems to think it has at the > > moment? > > What you re asking is if Vbox host can lie about the processor model > to the guest, well, I guess the answer is no. Based on my tests the > guests get the exact CPU speed, model, and stepping# as the host OS. > In other words the CPU is not a "virtual" one. Most instructions seem > to be passed directly (except the ones that need to be translated, I > guess). > > A CPU emulator would be something like QEMU. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QEMU then with enough tweaking of the > sources, I guess you can fake anything. You could (in theory) report > you have a 20 Ghz AMD Opteron cpu when in fact your host is running a > single-core Intel Atom. > > Why not think about this differently. The program refuses to install, > it can be because: > > 1. It measures the CPU speed, and decides it´s not enough > 2. It checks the CPU model and speed on an internal table. > > If the program does #2, then the solution would be adding your CPU > model and speed to the internal list of supported CPUs. > > If the program does #1 then the solution is simple CRACK the installer > to bypass the CPU check. > It appears to do something 'cleverer', i.e. it checks the *actual* processor speed that it sees. The Intel Core2 Solo is adequate to run DNP, the requirement is a 1Ghz processor and 1Gb of memory, the Dell has 2Gb of memory and a 1.4Ghz processor.
I first tried to lock the processor speed at 1.4Ghz, still didn't work. However I have now got it to install, I needed to tell the guest machine that it had one rather than two processors. -- Chris Green ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
