https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/639#comment:9
On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Aaron Mason <simplersolut...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 7:06 AM, Steve Williams > <st...@williamsitconsulting.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > After recently reading (on this list) about how OpenBSD runs under > > Virtualbox, I thought I would take it for a test drive on my laptop so I > can > > work in OpenBSD while away on business & don't have access to the > Internet. > > > > My laptop is a Dell Latitude E6500 with a Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU > > (P8600). I have enabled the Virtualization support in the bios. > > > > The host system is Windows XP. > > > > When I start VirtualBox, I get a dialogue box that says: > > > > ------------- > > VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration has been enabled, but is not > operational. > > Certain guests (e.g. OS/2 and QNX) require this feature. > > > > Please ensure that you have enabled VT-x/AMD-V properly in the BIOS of > your > > host computer. > > ------------- > > > > When I got this message, I disabled the "Enable VT-x/AMD-V" in the > settings > > of the VM for OpenBSD, but I still get that message. It's a bit > confusing. > > > > > > I am trying to install OpenBSD-current (downloaded January 6, 2013). It > > will get various distances into installing before I get an error. I've > even > > got as far as defining the partitions and the format starting, but it > either > > gives an "Illegal Instruction", or a kernel panic. > > > > The Intel website indicates it supports VT-x > > (http://ark.intel.com/products/35569?wapkw=core+2+duo+p8400) > > > > Any suggestions/tricks, or am I just out of luck with this combination of > > hardware/guest OS/OpenBSD? > > > > Thanks, > > Steve > > > > Did you try a stable version? It could be an issue with the snapshot > you're using. > > -- > Aaron Mason - Programmer, open source addict > I've taken my software vows - for beta or for worse > > -- You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.
