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Try QEMU instead, its more complete then VirtualBox when it comes to mimic x86 architecture, most oses work on VB, but also a lot have trouble to do so.
Try QEMU instead, its more complete then VirtualBox when it comes to mimic x86 architecture, most oses work on VB, but also a lot have trouble to do so.
They will ask you the same question though.
Double check your settings before posting there (VT-x, AMD-V needs to be enabled to make it boot).
Since most(?) of them seem to use VMWare, you can expect (using) that as second answer.
The only real issue (VirtualBox3.2, MINIX 3.1.7) is with hardware acceleration (resulting in the kernel message you posted).
Are you absolutely sure that it's enabled (VT-x, AMD-V)?
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I don't have an acceleration tab in VirtualBox, and I can't find any settings like that in my BIOS; does that mean that my processor doesn't support it? I'm running an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200.
You can enable hardware acceleration:
Verify that your processor has the virtualization extensions (VT-x, AMD-V)
Enable hardware acceleration in your BIOS.
Go to the Settings dialog for your VM image. Right-click your image and click Settings.
Click on System
Click on the Acceleration tab.
Check Enable VT-x/AMD-V.
If you aren't able to use hardware acceleration (e.g. VirtualBox 3.1.2 + Core 2 Duo + Minix 3.1.5):
Follow all the installation steps as above.
Uncheck Enable VT-x/AMD-V.
Start your VM with this command: VBoxSDL --startvm minix --norawr0 --norawr3.
Replace your VM image's name for minix in the preceding command.
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