Info about Warning Message using Virtual Box

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 11:06 PM, MirJafar Ali <mirjafarali at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> Whenever I start VirtualBox from my Ubuntu machine, I get the following
> message:
>
> VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration has been enabled, but is not operational.
> Your 64-bit guest will fail to detect a 64-bit CPU and will not be able to
> boot.
>
> Please ensure that you have enabled VT-x/AMD-V properly in the BIOS of your
> host computer.
>
> What is this and is there any way I can resolve this ?

You need to go to the BIOS setup (usually pressing Del or F2 at boot
time, check your opening screen) and look for something like: "virtual
settings enable" (it depends on you BIOS brand) to "have enabled
VT-x/AMD-V properly" as stated at Bbox message.

L.

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