<div dir="ltr">Paul,<div><br></div><div>You can run a hypervisor like Xen without enabling these options. You will just be limited to 32-bit guest OS's.</div><div><br></div><div>Seth Miller</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 2:58 PM, paul g <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pj.world@hotmail.com" target="_blank">pj.world@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr">Hello, I recently purchased a new/used computer it's a Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p. Model# MT-M 9088-A83<br><br>Some critical specifications for the unit are listed below. <---<a href="http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/pd001456" target="_blank">http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/pd001456</a><br><br>Intel Core™ 2 Duo processor -E6550<br>4MB cache - Intel Core™ 2 Duo <br>533MHz / 667MHz / 800MHz DDR2 (Double Data Rate) dual channel memory support <br><br>Chipsets:<br><ul><li><font color="#000000">Q35 North Bridge - Intel 82Q35 Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH)</font> </li><li><font color="#000000">ICH9 South Bridge - 82801IO ICH9DO I/O Controller Hub</font> </li><li><font color="#000000">SMSC SCH5617 LPC Super IO</font> </li><li><font color="#000000">Winbond TPM</font></li></ul><br><br>533MHz / 667MHz / 800MHz DDR2 (Double Data Rate) dual channel memory support <br><br><table width="1096" height="59" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><th height="21"><br></th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><font color="#000000">Integrated Intel Gigabit Ethernet</font> </li><li><font color="#000000">Intel 82566DM Ethernet controller</font> </li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100 <br><ul><li><font color="#000000">15-pin VGA output on planar</font> </li><li><font color="#000000">Uses Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT)</font></li></ul><br><br>I looked at Intel's website VT-x support page ---> <a href="http://ark.intel.com/Products/VirtualizationTechnology" target="_blank">http://ark.intel.com/Products/VirtualizationTechnology</a><br><br><br>It looks like the Core 2 Duo CPU E-6000 series does in fact support VT-x<br>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>terminal command ---> cat /proc/cpuinfo <---flags [vmx] <---appears on the computer.<br><br>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>When I enter the system Bios --> Setup Utility --> Advanced<br><br><br>there are options:<br>Intel (R) Virtualization Technology <br><br>Enable TxT<br>Enable VT-d<br><br><br>Could I possible install Xen on my computer and Host a Linux os under Xen pretty easily?<br><br><br>Cause I don't see any options for GVT/d/g/s listed in the Bios selections of the Lenovo.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br><br><br>paul g<br><br><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xen#cite_note-31" target="_blank"><span></span></a><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> </font></span></div></div>
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