Virtual machines 64bit
- Thread starter Punk
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Enable virtualization in your BIOS to run 64-bit guest OSes.
Usually it is disabled by default.
Can't access BIOS since my USB keyboard starts after the screen where you have to press esc to access it...
Disabling Fast Start-up didn't help too...
Make sure it's plugged into a standard USB 2.0 port and not a 3.0 port.
Well you need to get into it in order to enable virtualization I'm afraid. Try plugging it into a USB 2.0 port or if the board has them, try an older PS/2 keyboard.
DMGrier
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My two questions is what OS are you running and what model of computer? If you are running Windows 8 or 8.1 then you can open up your charm and go PC Settings > More PC Settings > Recovery and one of those options will give you an advance boot up which will allow you to access your UEFI settings.
If you have a Lenovo laptop look on the side for a button other then your power button. Have the device completely turned off and once you turn on the computer push the button which will then give you access to the UEFI settings.
If you are a Linux user on a non Lenovo then wired keyboard is best.
If you have a Lenovo laptop look on the side for a button other then your power button. Have the device completely turned off and once you turn on the computer push the button which will then give you access to the UEFI settings.
If you are a Linux user on a non Lenovo then wired keyboard is best.
Did that but there was no option to boot or go into BIOS, only gave me the option to go to the start-up options :/
DMGrier
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What is the hardware you are working with?
What motherboard have you got?
Have a look at this or your motherboard manual if you're unsure what key to press (I'm assuming you are using your custom-built machine?) http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/a/biosaccess_mb.htm
If you're using an off the shelf machine look at this http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/a/biosaccess_pc.htm
This is what I have:
http://support.hp.com/fr-fr/document/c02782891
I'm going to try other USB ports this afternoon (next 10 hours) see if it changes a thing
http://support.hp.com/fr-fr/document/c02782891
I'm going to try other USB ports this afternoon (next 10 hours) see if it changes a thing
DMGrier
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Would you be writing the tutorial? I think it would be good, virtualization is the way to go these days. I still read about people dual booting for a OS they only need every once in a while. People think you need great hardware for this but I was virtualizing Windows 7 on a laptop with a i3 and 4 GB of RAM. If you need any help let me know.
All you do is create the VM, allocate resources, and install the OS. It's very straightforward.
DMGrier
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Well if you find an interest I will gladly assist in writing this.
There is more then just build a VM, sure if your a newb to VM then yes you could build your VM with the default options. But you have so much customization in the options from graphic setting, virtual core numbers, shared folders, snapshots and short cuts on the keyboard which people may find interesting or do not know about.
There is more then just build a VM, sure if your a newb to VM then yes you could build your VM with the default options. But you have so much customization in the options from graphic setting, virtual core numbers, shared folders, snapshots and short cuts on the keyboard which people may find interesting or do not know about.
Exactly!
If you want I can start this on how to run it easily, then you can add all the custom options part. I'm using Oracle Virtualbox by the way, don't know if that's the most comon software for VM
Agent Smith
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I use VMware Player on the laptop and VMware Workstation on the desktop.
DMGrier
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Exactly!
If you want I can start this on how to run it easily, then you can add all the custom options part. I'm using Oracle Virtualbox by the way, don't know if that's the most comon software for VM
Virtualbox is very popular choice, VMware is another and you also have Xen. For Linux you have all of those plus gnome boxes and KVM.I haven't messed with VMware on the desktop level but we use VMware for our servers at our work and the program is very robust.
Just PM me when you want and I would gladly assist in building a VM document, like I said there is so much you can do with virtualization from the defaults.