VMX Virtualization not enabled?!?

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Hello fellow members of the forum,

It would seem that I have a rather unique problem. In preparation of
installing OpenSUSE 11.2 (i586) on VMWare Workstation 7.0.0 build-203739 I
had preformed a firmware test. Only to discover that VMX Virtualization
extensions were not supported.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2760/4099720304_669b72650e_o.jpg

I have to wonder what problems could this cause and if this is normal? Can
someone advise?

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Check your BIOS settings. For some reason, a lot of manufacturers disable VT-X from the factory.

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Oh SecurAble displayed that hardware virtualization was locked on.

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Virtualization enable in the BIOS, I do not know what is wrong.

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Hi
So you have a host machine running some operating system and have
installed VMware Workstation 7?

You are then running the firmwarekit iso image in the vmware guest or
booting the host machine with the CD image?

If your running firmwarekit on the guest machine are you expecting
virtualization to be present on virtualized hardware?

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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.27.37-0.1-default
up 2 days 2:29, 2 users, load average: 0.02, 0.07, 0.19
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - CUDA Driver Version: 190.18

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My host OS is:
Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600, Service Pack 3

I am running the firmware test from an .iso image in the vmware guest. I
though the VMX extensions had pertained to the virtualized processor. Thus
being not detected would be a symptom of possible problems. Perhaps I am
worried over nothing.

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Hi
Yes you are worried over nothing…

Just create your Virtual Machine in VMware, use the iso image as
your install source, boot the VM and enjoy :slight_smile:

Or install openSUSE as your host operating system and use Xen or KVM to
utilize the vmx feature to run XP :wink: But you need to do some reading on
that before attempting it if you get the urge.

–
Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86_64) Kernel 2.6.27.37-0.1-default
up 2 days 2:55, 2 users, load average: 0.28, 0.27, 0.19
GPU GeForce 8600 GTS Silent - CUDA Driver Version: 190.18

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Oh I was under the impression that that was the cause of VMWare
Workstation’s inability to ‘record execution’ ‘replay/record’
features.

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