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[Patrick Dickey <pdickeybeta@xxxxxxxxx>]

No problem. I'm running an older E-Machines (2007 or 2008), so it's
before they added the CPU support. I'm not sure how many people will be
running virtualbox or even Ubuntu, on older hardware, which is why I
passed the tip along.

Have a great day:)
Patrick.


On Wed, 2012-05-30 at 20:04 -0400, tom.swartz07@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Patrick, 
> This is true. Without the CPU support, you won't be able to run x64
> systems virtually. 
> 
> However, as of late, there is very little difference between the
> versions, and unless you are giving your VM more than 4GB of ram, you
> likely won't need the support.
> 
> Ill add the note to the GoogleDoc, though. Thanks for pointing it out.
> 
> On May 30, 2012 7:37 PM, "Patrick Dickey" <pdickeybeta@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>         I'm not sure if this "needs" to be added to the guide (which
>         is
>         extremely helpful, by the way), but if your physical computer
>         doesn't
>         support the virtualization technologies (AMD-V or VT), then
>         you won't be
>         able to install a 64-bit OS--regardless of whether you're
>         physical
>         machine has a 64-bit os or not.
>         
>         For example, my computer is running Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit, and I
>         installed
>         the amd64 version of VirtualBox. But, since my BIOS doesn't
>         support
>         AMD-V, I'm only able to install 32-bit guests.
>         
>         Have a great day:)
>         Patrick.
>         
>         On Tue, 2012-05-29 at 13:51 -0700, Che Dean wrote:
>         > Hi guys,
>         > I've been busy the last week as I'm currently visiting the
>         USA. As
>         > discussed at the last meeting, I've put together a short,
>         easy to
>         > follow guide to setting up a virtual machine using
>         Virtualbox on
>         > Ubuntu 12.04. This guide is intended for first time users of
>         > Virtualbox and new members of the Ubuntu Manual Project. It
>         will allow
>         > you the freedom to install the Alpha/Beta versions of Ubuntu
>         in the
>         > future so you can start work on the manual that bit earlier
>         without
>         > affecting any of your machines. Hope you enjoy, let me know
>         if you
>         > think anything should be added to the document, it's
>         available on
>         > Google docs for now. Also, if any of you want editing rights
>         just let
>         > me know.
>         >
>         >
>         > Regards
>         > Che
>         >
>         >
>         > How To Setup Virtual Box With Ubuntu -
>         >
>         https://docs.google.com/document/d/1snB0do8oqRBbOzOPdHr6DNrWktvnd7VhTr2gGMOw0Ns/edit
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