Enable Intel VT on a HP laptop

Intel VT technology is especially useful if you want to use virtualization technology such as Xen or KVM.
I personnally had the following problem after trying to insert the kvm-intel module on my Ubuntu 8.04 :

sudo modprobe kvm-intel
FATAL: Error inserting kvm_intel (/lib/modules/2.6.20-6-generic/kernel/drivers/kvm/kvm-intel.ko): Operation not permitted

In order to fully use your Intel processor on a HP laptop, follow the following steps :

- boot your computer
- when the BIOS window shows up, enter the BIOS manager
- enable the Virtualization technology in the BIOS menu
- save the changes and exit
- shut down your computer
- remove the battery and put it back in your PC
- boot your computer

and Intel VT should work without problem.

Comments (2)

TOYIN OJOJuly 19th, 2011 at 4:13 pm

please, your explanation is not detailed enough for a newbie. can you explain how i can activate VT on my HP 620 Lap top.

thanks a bunch.

HervéJuly 22nd, 2011 at 4:14 am

What did you not understand ?
Are you sure that your PC supports hardware-enabled virtualization ?

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