Re: Virtualization anomalies

2022-07-28 Thread paulf
On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 09:41:51 +1000 David wrote: > They're referring to the machine's hardware BIOS/UEFI configuration. > The very first thing you can access when powering up the machine. > Usually it offers: press some key to access some configuration menu. > Where there's often a facility to ena

Re: Virtualization anomalies

2022-07-27 Thread paulf
On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 09:41:51 +1000 David wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 at 07:35, wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 23:17:33 +0200 Nicolas George > > wrote: > > > > Have you checked if virtualization is disabled in the setup? IIRC > > > many systems disable it by default because it is supposed to m

Re: Virtualization anomalies

2022-07-27 Thread David
On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 at 07:35, wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 23:17:33 +0200 Nicolas George wrote: > > Have you checked if virtualization is disabled in the setup? IIRC many > > systems disable it by default because it is supposed to make rootkits > > more dangerous or something. > > Can you clarif

Re: Virtualization anomalies

2022-07-27 Thread paulf
On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 23:17:33 +0200 Nicolas George wrote: > Have you checked if virtualization is disabled in the setup? IIRC many > systems disable it by default because it is supposed to make rootkits > more dangerous or something. Can you clarify "in the setup"? Paul -- Paul M. Foster Perso

Re: Virtualization anomalies

2022-07-27 Thread Nicolas George
pa...@quillandmouse.com (12022-07-27): > Folks: > > I'm running an Intel Core i3, model 10100. According to Intel's spec > sheet on their site, this CPU has VT-x (virtualization) support. From > what I've read, this shows up in "lscpu" as the "vmx" flag. When I run > lscpu on this chip, that flag

Virtualization anomalies

2022-07-27 Thread paulf
Folks: I'm running an Intel Core i3, model 10100. According to Intel's spec sheet on their site, this CPU has VT-x (virtualization) support. From what I've read, this shows up in "lscpu" as the "vmx" flag. When I run lscpu on this chip, that flag doesn't show up. As a result, I can't run any of th