<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Note: I do not want to know what it says but I want you to read it. Release notes are very important in all systems not just BIOS updates.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 6, 2014, at 8:07 PM, Ryan Coleman <<a href="mailto:ryan.coleman@cwis.biz" class="">ryan.coleman@cwis.biz</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">What do the release notes from your BIOS update state? Usually those things are covered in there (adds, removes, fixes).<div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 6, 2014, at 7:40 PM, paul g <<a href="mailto:pj.world@hotmail.com" class="">pj.world@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">I flashed the BIOS with the latest release for the machine to version: 2RKT64BUS via the link below.<br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/desktops-and-all-in-ones/thinkcentre-m-series-desktops/thinkcentre-m57p" class="">http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/desktops-and-all-in-ones/thinkcentre-m-series-desktops/thinkcentre-m57p</a><br class=""><br class="">under the 'Advanced' tab in the BIOS setup utility the following options:<br class=""><br class="">Enable VT-d<br class="">Enable TxT<br class=""><br class="">No longer appear.<br class=""><br class="">I should have thought to update the BIOS as soon as I got the machine. This was really nice able<br class="">to download the update right off the website in .iso format.<br class=""><br class="">Thanks!<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div class=""><hr id="stopSpelling" class="">Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 21:40:29 -0600<br class="">From: <a href="mailto:kc0iog@gmail.com" class="">kc0iog@gmail.com</a><br class="">To: <a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org" class="">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br class="">Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Using full virtualization capabilities of CPU<br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 2:58 PM, paul g <<a href="mailto:pj.world@hotmail.com" class="">pj.world@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><div class="">> Hello, I recently purchased a new/used computer it's a Lenovo ThinkCentre M57p. Model# MT-M 9088-A83<br class="">> Some critical specifications for the unit are listed below. <---<a href="http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/pd001456" target="_blank" class="">http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/pd001456</a><br class="">> Intel Core™ 2 Duo processor -E6550<br class=""><br class="">> It looks like the Core 2 Duo CPU E-6000 series does in fact support VT-x<br class="">> terminal command ---> cat /proc/cpuinfo <---flags [vmx] <---appears on the computer.<br class=""><br class="">> When I enter the system Bios --> Setup Utility --> Advanced<br class="">> there are options:<br class="">> Intel (R) Virtualization Technology<br class="">><br class="">> Enable TxT<br class="">> Enable VT-d<br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Paul,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Enabling VT-d in the BIOS should give you what you want to run Xen (or any hypervisor) on this system. I have a Lenovo M57p myself and run various hypervisors on it without issue.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Beware of TxT. To be honest I had never heard of this, but after reading about it:</div><div class=""><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Execution_Technology" target="_blank" class="">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Execution_Technology</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would be wary of enabling it. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">> Cause I don't see any options for GVT/d/g/s listed in the Bios selections of the Lenovo.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I'm not sure where this requirement came from. VT-d is what you want, so if it's enabled, you should be good to go.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Brian</div></div><br class="">_______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota <a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org" class="">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a> <a href="http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list" class="">http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list</a></div></div><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota</span><br style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="mailto:tclug-list@mn-linux.org" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">tclug-list@mn-linux.org</a><br style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>