[Cialug] vmware ESXi 4 64 bit

[Paul Gray]

albus wrote:
> Unless I don't understand it correctly, which is totally possible.
> 
> The Intel site says the 960 does. http://www.intel.com/products/processor_number/chart/pentium_d.htm
> You do need to update the bios. Which I've done.
> There is an option to turn it on in the bios, which it is.
> 

Have you tried booting with "noacpi noapic nolapic" or similar options to the
kernel?

Just because the chip supports virtualization doesn't mean that your bios is
ESXi friendly.  Sometimes you need to bypass motherboard issues in order to get
ESXi installed on hardware not listed in their directly-supported lists.

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