Then you would be looking for AMD-V extensions. VT is only for Intel chips.
I highly doubt a 3200+ has the AMD-V extensions. --Tim On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: > I've seen some talk on vmware forums indicating it is possible to run > 64 bit guests on a 32 bit host as long as something called VT > technology is available. > > I have an athlon64 +3200 running 32 bit WinXP pro. I wondered if I > would be able to run opensol in 64 bit as guest inside VirtualBox? > > I suspect the Mobo (A0pen AK86-L) on that Athlon may cause problems if > installing opensol directly onto that hardware. I don't see any AOpen > motherboards on the HCL. This one is somewhat dated.. maybe 4 yrs old > or so I doubt it has VT technology.. although I really don't know. > > I'm successfully running Opensol-11 on that machine as a `VMware' > guest but didn't know how to try to force a 64 bit install or if it > would be a bad idea anyway. > > My whole purpose is to experiment with zfs... would I see much > difference if opensol was installed 64 bit as compared to 32 bit? > > I noticed the Simon blogs that describe how to setup a home zfs server > ( http://breden.org.uk/2008/03/02/a-home-fileserver-using-zfs/ ) > mention it is best setup 64 bit, but no real reason is given. > > > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >
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