> Thanks everyone for the reply. > > On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:06:48 -0400, David A. Parker wrote: > > >> You are asking if you can run a 64bit VM guest on a 32bit host? > >> > >> Sorry. Can't do it. Even if you have a 64bit processor, if > you only > >> have a 32bit host it won't work. > >> > >> > > I thought this was possible > > Interesting, IIRC, launching AMD64 apps under chroot in i386 > won't work, > is this still true? >
I don't think the chroot will work, but VMware will run a 64-bit guest on a 32-bit host if your CPU has VT support. > > as long as the physical CPU has VT support > > enabled and the BIOS supports it as well. > > How can I tell? > > $ grep -i vt /proc/cpuinfo || echo no > no > > Does it means that my CPU has no VT support? > I'm not sure if there is a way to tell from the CPU flags in cpuinfo. If you can reboot the machine, the VT option should be somewhere in the BIOS if it is supported. - Dave
