Alexander Eichner wrote: > Hi Amit, > > Am Mittwoch, den 04.02.2009, 19:36 +0530 schrieb Amit k. Saha: >> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Frank Mehnert <frank.mehn...@sun.com> wrote: >>> Amit, >>> >>> On Wednesday 04 February 2009, Amit k. Saha wrote: >>>> I have got the Linux 'kvm' module loaded. When I start VBox I get this >>>> message: >>>> >>>> "VirtualBox can't operate in VMX root mode. Please disable the KVM >>>> kernel extension, recompile your kernel and reboot >>>> (VERR_VMX_IN_VMX_ROOT_MODE). >>>> >>>> [...] >>>> >>>> Is it because of the fact that when vboxdrv was compiled, the 'kvm' >>>> was not loaded? >>> No. The problem is that the kvm modules change the operating mode of >>> the host CPU (the so-called root mode), even if the modules are only >>> loaded but not really used. VirtualBox cannot work in that mode. To >>> use the root mode, this mode has to be initialized by VirtualBox itself, >>> not by any other instance. >> Hmm..How to do that? >> >> Best regards, >> -Amit >> > > This depends on the distribution you have but on most it is enough to do > "rmmod kvm-intel" as root. >
Is it possible to "insmod kvm-intel" after starting VirtualBox, so that you have both kvm and VirtualBox (without using cpu virtualisation extensions) virtual machines on the same host? Alternatively, is it possible to run VirtualBox within a kvm virtual machine? _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
