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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Nov-2024 16:50:59 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Skip the BIOS hassle! Want to know if your Linux system can handle virtual machines with blazing speed using KVM? Run the kvm-ok command. It's the quickest way to check if your hardware has the virtualization support you need on Intel or AMD CPUs. No more digging through BIOS menus – get your answer instantly at the CLI! 🚀 See https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/installing-kvm-ok-command-on-debian-ubuntu-linux/ for more info.

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   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Nov-2024 16:59:41 JST nixCraft 🐧

     in reply to

     • Stanislav Ochotnický

     @drizzy if BIOS support is OFF, it will say:

     INFO: Your CPU does not support KVM extensions
     KVM acceleration can NOT be used

   • Stanislav Ochotnický (drizzy@cyberplace.social)'s status on Saturday, 16-Nov-2024 16:59:42 JST Stanislav Ochotnický

     in reply to

     @nixCraft and if virtualization support is turned off in the bios will that still say OK ? Pretty sure it won't

   • johnpiers (farstrider@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Nov-2024 00:42:06 JST johnpiers

     in reply to

     @nixCraft

     Check CPU has VM capabilities with Arch Linux

     lscpu | grep -i Virtualization

     VT-x for Intel
     AMD-Vi for AMD

     And for ensuring that your kernel includes KVM modules.

     zgrep CONFIG_KVM /proc/config.gz

     Will produce a list of KVM modules that are end punctuated by either `=y' or `=m'

     y = Yes (always installed)
     m = Loadable module