Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:55:34 +0700 From: John Francis Lee <jfl@robinlea.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Fwd: about vbox and freebsd] Message-ID: <4A8FC096.2050907@robinlea.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090806060609090409000107 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I got an answer to my question, posted here, from ... but I've been instructed not to post to individuals but to the list so I copy the Mak's response here : <snip> Your CPU is 64-bit from what I can see. From a bit of Googling, others have encountered this problem, and it seems to have to do with VM-X. I have no idea what that is, but a thread in which someone has a very similar issue is here: http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=19420 One notable quote is: ...[the CPU] does not have Intel VT (hardware virtualization), so you will not be able to run 64 bit guests in Virtualbox even though you run a 64 bit host. HTH </snip> So, OK. I cannot have 64 bit guests using virtual box. I have installed the 32 bit version of FreeBSD... but it has no X and apparently no networking because the ftp from pkg_add failed. Did I do something wrong in the install, or do I really have to configure all that stuff by hand? Thanks for your help. -- John Francis Lee 1025/37 Thanon Jet Yod Mueang Chiangrai 57000 Thailand --------------090806060609090409000107 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="about vbox and freebsd.eml" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="about vbox and freebsd.eml" X-Mozilla-Keys: Message-ID: <4A8DD86D.5020208@robinlea.com> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:12:45 +0700 From: John Francis Lee <jfl@robinlea.com> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090608) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: about vbox and freebsd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 08/20/2009 11:59 PM Hello Duncan Hutty, I write to you directly because I have posted several times to the list and have not seen an answer to my problem, and you seem knowledgeable about freebsd. I have a dual-core amd64 machine running ubuntu 9.04 with vbox 3.04 and have tried to create a freebsd guest on it. I've had a freebsd webserver at iserver/viaverio for about 15 years but still have not set up a freebsd box of my own where I can really learn the ins and outs of the system, and I'd like to. My problem is that I'm told right at the onset of the install that CPU doesn't support long mode Someone suggested that I was trying to install a 64 bit os on 32 bit system, but I don't think that's the case : jfl@ws3:~$ hwinfo --cpu 01: None 00.0: 10103 CPU [Created at cpu.304] Unique ID: rdCR.j8NaKXDZtZ6 Hardware Class: cpu Arch: X86-64 Vendor: "AuthenticAMD" Model: 15.107.2 "AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+" Features: fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ht,syscall,nx,mmxext,fxsr_opt,rdtscp,lm,3dnowext,3dnow,rep_good,pni,cx16,lahf_lm,cmp_legacy,svm,extapic,cr8_legacy,3dnowprefetch Clock: 1000 MHz BogoMips: 2009.02 Cache: 512 kb Units/Processor: 2 Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown 02: None 01.0: 10103 CPU [Created at cpu.304] Unique ID: wkFv.j8NaKXDZtZ6 Hardware Class: cpu Arch: X86-64 Vendor: "AuthenticAMD" Model: 15.107.2 "AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+" Features: fpu,vme,de,pse,tsc,msr,pae,mce,cx8,apic,sep,mtrr,pge,mca,cmov,pat,pse36,clflush,mmx,fxsr,sse,sse2,ht,syscall,nx,mmxext,fxsr_opt,rdtscp,lm,3dnowext,3dnow,rep_good,pni,cx16,lahf_lm,cmp_legacy,svm,extapic,cr8_legacy,3dnowprefetch Clock: 1000 MHz BogoMips: 2009.02 Cache: 512 kb Units/Processor: 2 Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown I'm then dumped into an OK prompt and unable to do much more. Have you seen or heard of this before? Sorry to bother you if you have no clue yourself. Thanks for any help you might be able to give. -- John Francis Lee 1025/37 Thanon Jet Yod Mueang Chiangrai 57000 Thailand 08/15/2009 10:38 PM My problem seems to be that CPU doesn't support long mode Is that it? Can't get there from here? -- John Francis Lee 1025/37 Thanon Jet Yod Mueang Chiangrai 57000 Thailand 08/15/2009 10:20 PM Hi, I got a new machine, a linux ubuntu-running AMD64 based one, and thought I'd try out FreeBSD here at home. But when I begin the VirtualBox installation I get dumped into a shell-looking terminal with an OK prompt. I can't read all the instructions and frankly cannot do anything with it. I tried hitting the 2 before the timeout to boot with ACPI disabled but that seems not to make any difference. Have you heard of this problem before? Any help you might give appreciated. Thanks. I'll go see if the VirtualBox people can shed any light on the matter as well. -- John Francis Lee 1025/37 Thanon Jet Yod Mueang Chiangrai 57000 -- John Francis Lee 1025/37 Thanon Jet Yod Mueang Chiangrai 57000 Thailand --------------090806060609090409000107--
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