Paul, You can run a hypervisor like Xen without enabling these options. You will just be limited to 32-bit guest OS's. Seth Miller On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 2:58 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: > Hello, I recently purchased a new/used computer it's a Lenovo ThinkCentre > M57p. Model# MT-M 9088-A83 > > Some critical specifications for the unit are listed below. <--- > http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/pd001456 > > Intel Core™ 2 Duo processor -E6550 > 4MB cache - Intel Core™ 2 Duo > 533MHz / 667MHz / 800MHz DDR2 (Double Data Rate) dual channel memory > support > > Chipsets: > > - Q35 North Bridge - Intel 82Q35 Graphics and Memory Controller Hub > (GMCH) > - ICH9 South Bridge - 82801IO ICH9DO I/O Controller Hub > - SMSC SCH5617 LPC Super IO > - Winbond TPM > > > > 533MHz / 667MHz / 800MHz DDR2 (Double Data Rate) dual channel memory > support > > > > - Integrated Intel Gigabit Ethernet > - Intel 82566DM Ethernet controller > > > > Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100 > > - 15-pin VGA output on planar > - Uses Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) > > > > I looked at Intel's website VT-x support page ---> > http://ark.intel.com/Products/VirtualizationTechnology > > > It looks like the Core 2 Duo CPU E-6000 series does in fact support VT-x > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > terminal command ---> cat /proc/cpuinfo <---flags [vmx] <---appears on the > computer. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > When I enter the system Bios --> Setup Utility --> Advanced > > > there are options: > Intel (R) Virtualization Technology > > Enable TxT > Enable VT-d > > > Could I possible install Xen on my computer and Host a Linux os under Xen > pretty easily? > > > Cause I don't see any options for GVT/d/g/s listed in the Bios selections > of the Lenovo. > > > > paul g > > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xen#cite_note-31> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20141206/29eb7f99/attachment.html>