Windows server 2008 64 bit

[silentbob1978]

Hi

I have installed the latest version of ubuntu server 64bit and also vmware server 2.0. They are both working fine. THe problem comes when I try to virtualise windows server 2008 64 bit.

My settings are correct when I create the virtual machine (i think) but when it begins the setup I get the error message - attempting to load a 64 bit application, however this CPU is not compatible with 64 bit mode.

My PC is compatible with 64bit as even the unbuntu software is 64bit. Plus I have instaleld server 2k8 on it before with no issues

Help

[sversteeg]

Hi,

Did you find a solution to this problem? I am having the exact same issue as you describe.

Cheers.

Hi

I have installed the latest version of ubuntu server 64bit and also vmware server 2.0. They are both working fine. THe problem comes when I try to virtualise windows server 2008 64 bit.

My settings are correct when I create the virtual machine (i think) but when it begins the setup I get the error message - attempting to load a 64 bit application, however this CPU is not compatible with 64 bit mode.

My PC is compatible with 64bit as even the unbuntu software is 64bit. Plus I have instaleld server 2k8 on it before with no issues

Help

[lazyart]

Check your settings for the VM itself and be sure you specified a 64 bit OS.

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[sversteeg]

Hi Lazyart,

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I've specified 64-bit Windows 2008 as the OS for the VM. I've tried two ways. One is to copy a Windows 2008 VM from my Mac OS X box (where it runs on VMWare Fusion and it works) to VMWare Server 2 on the Ubuntu machine. The other way was to create a new VM from scratch on the Ubuntu machine, again specifiying 64-bit Windows 2008 as the OS. In both cases this message appears when I try to start the VM:

File: \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe

Status: 0xc000035a

Info: Attempting to load a 64-bit application, however this CPU is not compatible with 64-bit mode.


From the console on Ubuntu:
> uname -a
Linux alligator 2.6.24-16-server #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:15:38 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[sversteeg]

Found the answer on this forum:
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/140515

Needed to shut down the host machine and explicitly enable virtualisation in BIOS. This is apparently necessary for 64-bit VMs to work but apparently not for 32-bit VMs (which were working before.)