On Wed, July 14, 2010 14:20, Whit Blauvelt wrote: > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 01:47:00PM -0500, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > >> I found one BIOS entry, "Virtualization technology"; it was initially >> disabled, but I enabled it before I installed CENTOS, and verified that >> it >> was still enabled later (I reported enabling it in my original message). >> I'll check for other suspicious BIOS entries, but more than one for this >> would be unusual, wouldn't it? > > That's the entry. But reports are some systems need to be fully powered > off > for the entry to be effectively changed - some BIOSes evidently are flakey > about it. Now *there's* something I wouldn't have thought of trying on my own. Okay, I can get physical access to the system, and probably even pull its plugs (I'm not really used to dealing with the complex cabling mess at the back; I'm mostly a software developer with some sysadmin duties for the small number of Linux boxes in this Windows shop). -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info