Strange VirtualBox Behavior

tomscharbach

WetGeek How to check?

Got me. You are the VB expert, at least relative to me.

tomscharbach

WetGeek I don't know if this will help, or not, but it might give you a hint to track down something:

WetGeek

tomscharbach it might give you a hint to track down something

Thanks! It shows only 32-bit in everything, but it's probably about the same problem. I'll check it out.

WetGeek

tomscharbach it might give you a hint to track down something

That's the recommendation to turn on virtualization in the BIOS. Stalebrim suggested that a while ago, and I haven't had a chance to check it yet. I'll do that now, just to check off that box.

WetGeek

Don't anyone fret too much over this. The workstation is now just an old HP that I happened to have on hand when my original workstation died. I was no longer in a mood to replace its motherboard, so I decided to donate it.

I've been meaning to upgrade that for a while now, and this seems like a great time to do that. I just ordered a DELL Optiplex 9020 that will be here Friday, so although I'm still curious about this issue, it probbaly won't be an issue beyond Friday.

And I can tell it's tomato-basil soup just by looking at the jars.

tomscharbach

WetGeek And I can tell it's tomato-basil soup just by looking at the jars.

Or maybe your magic marker ... 😆

WetGeek It shows only 32-bit in everything, but it's probably about the same problem.

You could try the suggestions in this article, I suppose.

Axios

got have both these on Intel Virtualization Technology and Intel VT-d Feature

WetGeek

WetGeek Stalebrim suggested that a while ago, and I haven't had a chance to check it yet. I'll do that now, just to check off that box.

Mystery solved. Apparently that Windows VM was on the original workstation that did support virtualization. On this little HP, the UEFI HP Setup does't even contain that setting. It's from 2015, and I'm now pretty sure I simply transferred the original workstation's 500GB SSD into this machine when I swapped it out. That's why the Windows VM icon showed up on the screen. I rarely used it, though, and apparently not on this computer.

No worries, though. That Optiplex is gonna be lots of fun. No regrets here.

stalebrim

WetGeek You're welcome. Better luck with the Dell!

mw42815

so what OS is on the HP machine ? Linux or Windows ? I am confused. Are you saying that the HP is a 32 bit only machine. I believe there are several Linux "distro" out there that support 32 bit . I believe you can still download a image of Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 that is 32 bit on the Microsoft website. google Windows ISO image 32 bit . i found a 32 bit Windows 10 ISO file that is 4 gig in size . good luck

stalebrim

mw42815 There's apparently no support for hardware virtualization on that particular HP machine. The machine likely is 64-bit.

WetGeek

mw42815 Are you saying that the HP is a 32 bit only machine.

No, I'm saying that its 2015 i5 processor didn't support hardware virtualization, apparently.

mw42815

here is the link i found .

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10ISO

WetGeek

mw42815 here is the link i found

Thanks, but I already have a copy of that on my NAS.

mw42815

okay . good luck . i understand that Linux is dropping all 32 bit support. Linus wants to discontinue support in the kernel going forword from kernel 6.1 good luck.

tomscharbach

mw42815 I understand that Linux is dropping all 32 bit support. Linus wants to discontinue support in the kernel going forward from kernel 6.1

Way overdue. However, 6.1 will be LTS, so it will be a a least a year before support actually drops.

Staudey

They've been talking about (finally) removing i486 support, which is quite different from removing 32 bit support 😃 (it will be a loooooooooooong time before that topic comes up)

See e.g. here: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-i486-Linux-Possible-Drop