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Enabling EPT for nested virtualization
I recently bought a server with the following specs:
Supermicro X8DTL-3 (BIOS version 2.1b 11/16/2012)
2x Intel® Xeon® Processor X5660
6x 4GB (Non registered ECC) RAM
I've been trying to enable EPT ...
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wrong hardware virtualization support message?
I have a lenovo Z570 laptop running windows 10 64-bit. My processor (i5-2430m) + bios offer support to virtualization.
however if I enable "Intel virtualization" option in bios:
hyper-V works fine.
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What is a "raw disk" and how are filesystems set up on one?
I am trying to understand how "raw disks" work on virtual machines.
If I understand correctly, if I want to run Windows off of a raw disk with KVM as my host, I must install NTFS drivers on the host, ...
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Dual boot Windows 10 & Ubuntu, also run Ubuntu in hyper-v?
I dual-boot with separate SSD's for Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04. Is there a way that I can virtualize the Ubuntu 16.04 SSD in Hyper-V or VirtualBox and still be able to dual boot?
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What does a hypervisor means in the context of virtual machines?
In this Harvard lecture about HTTP and VPS at min 59:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KuO4r5CHjM the lecturer talks about Virtual Private Servers and Virtual Machines. He said that they are managed ...
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Is my mainboard HAV compatible?
How do I see if my Hardware-Assisted-Virtualization is compatible?
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Oracle virtualbox not allowing than one CPU - Hardware virtualization not available
I have the following hardware configuration:
Processor: AMD FX-8120 (Zambezi)
Board: ASUS M5A88-M
OS : Windows 8.1
RAM : 4GB DDR3
I installed Genymotion which created a virtual machine for Android. ...
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Enable hardware virtualization in windows 7
I'd like to enable the Hardware Virtualization functionnality in my Computer, so download the Securable Tool.
When i launched the program i got this result
My computer's configurations :
I ask:
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AMD-V doesn't work
I need to run a Linux distro (debian) in Virtual machine, but AMD-V just doesn't work.
Any idea why? I've tried using Virtualbox and VMware.
Virtualization in BIOS is enabled.
Here are my specs:
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Free 'no-host OS' virtualization and vm management for desktop
Is there good, robust enough for every-day use, way to setup free hardware-based virtualization which would support at least Windows and Linux and also be supported by some usable, user-freindy and ...
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CPU modes and recursive virtualisation
I'm trying to get my head around virtualisation and hypervisors.
So the top OS, say Linux, runs in ring 0, with userspace programmes running in ring 3. The user boots up VMware, with Linux running ...
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How do you enable multi-core virtualization in Windows 8 Pro?
I've just got a new Dell Vostro 470 with a quad core (8 threads) i7 3770 and I'm trying to run virtual machines on it, which works fine, except if I want to assign multiple cores to a VM. I've checked ...
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Are there any pros/cons to enabling virtualization on my computer?
If I am not using any virtualization software on my computer, do I gain or lose anything by enabling (or disabling) x86 virtualization?
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Maximum amount of hard drives in 64-bit Linux?
Is there a maximum amount of hard drives that one can connect to a 64-bit linux machine? I'm not concerned with practicality, as my situation involves a VM.
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Setting up a bare-metal virtualized system where hypervisor hosts a SW RAID
[I am completely new to running "bare metal" virtualized hardware, so please lead me to TFM, so I can R it.]
What I was hoping to do, is to have some kind of bare metal virtualized server setup, but ...
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