From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 10 21:15:33 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FF9D106566C for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:15:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from daevid@daevid.com) Received: from daevid.com (mail.arborcourt.info [75.147.180.77]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EBCA8FC15 for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:15:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by daevid.com (Postfix, from userid 1003) id A855BC0499E; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:07:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on daevid.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.3 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received: from daevidvw7 (207-178-4-251.wia.com [207.178.4.251]) by daevid.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id E1ADBC04808 for ; Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:07:06 -0700 (PDT) From: "Daevid Vincent" To: References: <000f01cc827e$16763ec0$4362bc40$@daevid.com> <6ab8dc440718c52524fef38f12a355da@bluelife.at> <2CC33D27-ACA3-4305-A4FE-3CEC6514DEDB@hub.org> <1318056236.19697.5.camel@Nokia-N900-42-11> In-Reply-To: <1318056236.19697.5.camel@Nokia-N900-42-11> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:07:06 -0700 Message-ID: <0b1b01cc8790$913ff530$b3bfdf90$@daevid.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQDVXmFMACNYysLYRGSmWqE9BOs0UwGfGyA9AcFBHqMBQEi5nJc/XpxQ Content-Language: en-us Subject: RE: "CPU doesn't support long mode" error message X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:15:33 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Bernhard Fr=C3=B6hlich [mailto:decke@bluelife.at] > Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 11:44 PM > To: Hub- FreeBSD > Cc: Daevid Vincent; freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: "CPU doesn't support long mode" error message >=20 > On Sa., 8. Okt. 2011 01:51:27 CEST, Hub- FreeBSD = wrote: >=20 > > > > On 2011-10-04, at 7:28 AM, Bernhard Froehlich wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 4 Oct 2011 03:12:12 -0700, Daevid Vincent wrote: > > > > > > > > I've tried various combinations of the guest settings for: > > > > > > > > . Enable IO APIC > > > > > > > > . Enable PAE/NX > > > > > > > > . Enable VT-x/AMD-V > > > > > > > > . Enable Nested Paging > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My VBox.log says: > > > > > > > > 00:00:00.683 [/HWVirtExt/] (level 1) > > > > > > > > 00:00:00.683 64bitEnabled =3D > 0x0000000000000000 (0) > > > > > > > > > You need to create a 64bit capable VM which you haven't. > > > > > > http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#intro-64bitguests > > > > Being one of those that is going through this headache right now = (have > > something to check in BIOS, but its a remote server, so haven't been > > able to yet), the above pointer / url is very much useless, > > unfortunately =E2=80=A6 I've read it, repeatedly, and it happily = refers you to > > the GUI =E2=80=A6 > > > > The only thing that I found on that URL refers to "you should enable = the > > I/O APIC for virtual machines that you intend to use in 64-bit mode" = =E2=80=A6 > > which David stated above that he has tried =E2=80=A6 > > > > So =E2=80=A6 is there something specific at that URL (beyond the I/O = APIC that > > David did try) that he and I (and potentially others) have both = missed > > for this? >=20 > It's also important to use the FreeBSD 64bit preset when creating a = new vm. > Don't know which is the correct switch for that on vboxmanage. >=20 > You can also create such a vm on another box with the GUI and copy it = to > your headless server or use www/phpvirtualbox. So, I don't want to re-install the entire VM as it's all configured and = works great and has taken 6 months to get it to this point. Isn't there some switch or something I can set in a .xml or config file = to make it think I had used the "FreeBSD_64" setting (heck, I'm not = convinced we didn't use that actually -- how can I tell??)