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Old 04-13-2015, 11:13 AM   #1
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VirtualBox-4.3 64?


I'm confused if I have a 64 bit pc or not. I am running 64bit linux mint 17, with virtualbox-4.3

The only 32 bit options in VirtualBox. I read that there might be a bios setting keeping it from reading the processor, but I have looked inside and out in the bios. Don't see anything. Here is my lscpu.

Code:
Architecture:          x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                2
On-line CPU(s) list:   0,1
Thread(s) per core:    1
Core(s) per socket:    2
Socket(s):             1
NUMA node(s):          1
Vendor ID:             GenuineIntel
CPU family:            6
Model:                 15
Stepping:              13
CPU MHz:               1200.000
BogoMIPS:              3591.10
L1d cache:             32K
L1i cache:             32K
L2 cache:              1024K
NUMA node0 CPU(s):     0,1
 
Old 04-13-2015, 11:32 AM   #2
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The ouput of command 'uname -a' may show it. If output shows x86_64 then it is 64 bit else 32 bit.

Also checking intel or wikipedia for you make/model of cpu would help. Get cpu info with 'cat /proc/cpuinfo' command.
 
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Old 04-13-2015, 11:57 AM   #3
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uname -a
Linux ron-Vostro-200 3.13.0-37-generic #64-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 22 21:28:38 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Tnx
 
Old 04-13-2015, 02:48 PM   #4
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Bios, cpu and chipset all need to support virtual technologies. Some bios entries are cryptic. Owners manual may help. It may not say exact enable VT-x.


However I think this is backwards from your issue. (could be that I'm backwards)

What I think is if you create a vm with a name and 64 in it the vm will create a 64 bit client.

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Old 04-13-2015, 10:48 PM   #5
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The uname output shows that it is a 64 bit pc. If you ran uname in host then it's 64 bit or in a guest under VM then it's 64 bit .
 
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The uname output shows that it is a 64 bit pc. If you ran uname in host then it's 64 bit or in a guest under VM then it's 64 bit .
 
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Old 04-14-2015, 12:55 PM   #7
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It works fine on my linux laptop, but not on my desktop. I thought I would give it a shot to fix it, but I can work off the laptop.
 
Old 04-14-2015, 02:41 PM   #8
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I suspect that you are not creating 64 bit clients.
 
Old 04-15-2015, 02:18 PM   #9
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I am working on material for Linux+ LPIC and It would be nice if I could have a centos and ubuntu virtual clients to goof-up. I can accomplish this on my laptop. I would have liked my desktop to have the same capabilities. Not being able to recognize 64 bit doesn't hurt me so much with ubuntu, but centos 7 as we know is 64 bit only. If I could've found a fix, it would be nice, but not a deal breaker.

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I think most of what I'm doing can be accomplished with centos 6.6. If I am correct, systemd is the difference with centos 7, right?

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Old 04-15-2015, 02:54 PM   #10
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More than that.

I think you may not be understanding us. We believe you should easily be able to create 64 bit clients on a 64 bit OS host.
 
Old 04-15-2015, 03:59 PM   #11
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Yeah I'm missing something. From what I get, my processor is 64. Installing virtualbox via the repos ends in a virtualbox that allows only 32 bit option. Downloading 64 bit from their site, installs with the same results. Unless I should overlook the 32 option and try to install 64 bit?

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I'll try it and report back.

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Old 04-15-2015, 10:12 PM   #12
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UPDATE

I tried to install CentOS 7 with the 64 bit hardware and the 32 bit recognition VirtualBox. It was a no go. No errors, just wouldn't install. The best I can do on this machine is 6.6
 
Old 04-15-2015, 10:24 PM   #13
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The best way to determine architecture is to run:
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cat /proc/cpuinfo
Look for the "lm" in the output it should be in the flags.

If the "lm" flag is present the CPU is 64-bit.
uname-m is not reliable.
 
Old 04-18-2015, 05:08 PM   #14
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ok I'll give it a shot and post results. thank you
 
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ok I'll give it a shot and post results. thank you
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