On 2013-01-06 17:06, Steve Williams 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)
It does, but why didn't you try enabling VT-x in the BIOS of your host computer, just like the dialog suggested? > > Any suggestions/tricks, or am I just out of luck with this combination > of hardware/guest OS/OpenBSD? > > Thanks, > Steve > -- Hugo Osvaldo Barrera
