Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 10:15:28 +0800 From: Jia-Shiun Li <jiashiun@gmail.com> To: Daniel Rock <freebsd@deadcafe.de> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD amd 64 and VMWARE issues Message-ID: <1d6d20bc0511301815q1029ad05k@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <438DD87C.9060906@deadcafe.de> References: <200511272146.48247.dantavious@comcast.net> <1d6d20bc0511300748m1adedb31t@mail.gmail.com> <438DD87C.9060906@deadcafe.de>
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2005/12/1, Daniel Rock <freebsd@deadcafe.de>: > Jia-Shiun Li schrieb: > > Derrick, > > > > You must have > > 1.Windows x64 edition as host > You can run an 64 bit guest OS on a 32 bit Windows host. That's not what I realized: http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html > > 2.VMWare Workstation 5.5 (from which begins to support amd64 guests) > > to install amd64 version as guest OS. > 3. You need an Athlon64/Opteron processor with at least D-Stepping. AFAIK= all > Socket 754 processors are stepping CG or lower. So I don't think you will= have > any luck even with the current VMWare release. > http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/desktop/Default.aspx ya... I just found that not every x64 CPU will work. Only those Intel ones with VT (Pentium 4 6[67]2), and AMD ones of newer stepping (I dont know what is the real difference that matters) can run 64-bit guests. These CPUs are still rare. Jia-Shiun
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