On Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:01:33 -0400, you wrote: >Setup: > OS: Openindiana (a version of solaris 11) > Updated from 4.3.26 to 5.0.2-102096 >Hardware: `HP xw8600 workstation' with older 2x xeon cpu > >Install of vbox-5.0.2-102096 was fine, running existing vms was fine. > >However, on creating a new vm (gentoo linux) and on boot of media ISO >I immediately hit the error: > > VT-x is disabled in the BIOS for both all CPU modes > (VERR_VMX_MSR_ALL_VMX_DISABLED). > >Googling seems to be telling me I need to change a BIOS setting and >even gives the address for certain x86 machines.
VT-X is required for 64-bit guests. Perhaps your older Vm's are all 32-bit? You could try to create a new 32-bit guest and install Gentoo on it in 32 bit mode (if Gentoo suipports that). >However I find nothing related to VT-x in my bios on HP xw8600 2x >Xeon. Or if it is there I am not recognizing it after browsing every >setting. Try: http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Workstations-z-series-xw-series/xw8600-How-to-enable-Intel-VT-in-BIOS/td-p/1095704?notmigrated#.VdxEP5dnatY Also, you may need a BIOS update: http://h20565.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?calledBy=Search_Result&docId=emr_na-c02654715&docLocale=en_US >It occured to me that it might be refuring to the LiveOS I'm booting >but the error pops up so fast and kills the terminal so that I am >unable to get onto it to get to those bios. > >OK, one thing I learned on google is that it is a fairly new problem. >I've certainly never run into it. So thinking I picked it up on the >upgrade ... I down graded back to 4.3.26 but still I get that same >show stopping error. > >Thinking it may be related to the liveCD I'm booting... I tried >several others... that same error shows up, killing further progress. >It seems odd that the exising vm that was already installed before any >updating began has no problem booting. Only the vm created under >vbox-5.2. > >I really hope someone can offer some suggestions. I hope this helps. -- Regards, Kees Nuyt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
