On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:

>  OK, I got the VirtualBox software going, but I really wanted to get
> OS/2 going.  When I launched the VM, I got the warning...
>
> > VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration has been enabled, but is not
> > operational.  Certain guests (e.g. OS/2 and QNX) require this feature.
> > Please ensure that you have enabled VT-x/AMD-V properly in the BIOS
> > of your host computer.
>
>  I ignored it and went into the OS/2 install.  You will be glad to know
> that Reiserfs managed to recover nicely, without any data loss, after I
> totally locked up my machine <G>.  When I say totally locked up, not
> even the Magic SysReq Key got any response.
>
>  There doesn't seem to be anything in my Dell's BIOS setup about VT-x.
> Is there any software that can probe the BIOS and enable VT-x, assuming
> it exists?  If not, I'm out of luck for OS/2 on this machine.
>

Maybe check Dell's site to see if there are any BIOS updates for your model.
On my Dell Optiplex 745, there was no virtualization option in BIOS until I
upgraded to a newer revision (and it was disabled by default!).