Issues with Importing Whonix VM Templates in Jessie

KVM
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I am able to use VirtualBox however; would this not mean that virtualization is active in my BIOS?

no, in Vbox things little bit different since Vbox using its own kernel. for 32-bit systems it doesnt require to have a virtualization in ur BIOS at all. more information about this check:-

even more here:-

https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch12.html

and i would like to add on @HulaHoop speech:-

  • if there is no virtualization option in ur BIOS u either can update ur BIOS to the latest release and check again, or contact ur computer company forum/mail asking them why its not available.if they didnt answer u then put the computer in the nearest trash or use Vbox instead (if u r not really paranoid about ur privacy/security)

  • another issue is: the BIOS is blocking the KVM ability even if there was the “virtualization” option and u have set it to “Enable”. in this case read here:-

http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/FAQ#.22KVM:_disabled_by_BIOS.22_error

  • last , even sometimes in some BIOSs there r crashes when enabling more than virtualizer like Hyper-v

for general detailed info read:-

http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/FAQ#

for very short answer just enable the virtualization in ur BIOS (like the first comment) :slight_smile:

Thanks for the response and tip by the way, much appreciated. :smile:

uw anytime :blush: