DoughtCom Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Anyone else getting these errors when trying to install? I have a Dell 9400 running OSX 10.5.4. Error: "Parallels Desktop can be installed only on systems supporting hardware virtualization." I'm assuming it's using instruction sets not available on my CPU but just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this. Thanks! -Shawn Only thing found on the internet is this http://forums.msiwind.net/viewtopic.php?f=...p;t=5407#p57673 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikecwest Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Are you using the latest version of Parallels? or at MINIMUN version RC1? I had that message trying to install earlier versions on Snow Leopard prior to RC1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enli Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Parallels Desktop 4 need hardware virtualization support available from processor. Mine doesnt support it and i too couldnt install it. Still looking for a workaround. EnLi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeroburn Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 I have the same error with Parallels 4.0, my specs are: Compaq C751nr laptop 9.4.0 stagenxu kernel iDeneb 1.3 10.5.5 Vmware Fusion 2 works fine and installed fine, just Parallels doesn't want to. I have a feeling has to do with the kernel or smbios or something, no idea. Haven't had time to play with it yet. So if anyone has info I'm more than willing to try things out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jchaike Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 oh i didnt see this thread lol... I have the same problem. My specs are: (or what i remember) 2gb RAM 3GHz Intel Xeon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaX0r Jim Duggan Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Same problem here on an MSI board with Core2Duo e4400. Shame cos I really like this app. Would be interested in a workaround if anyone finds one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robi62 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 I think is something to do with intel vt my processor for example does not support it ..... have a read here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel...age.2C_65_nm.29 anyway i installed vmware fusions run perfect I made an exact copy of my xp partition and now is running as virtual machine in osx no need to go to windows partition anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidj5684 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 @ robi 52 & @ zeroburn I am having same issue. However, you guys mentioned that you got VMware fusion working. Help me out on this?..... I tried vmware first because that is what I have used for awhile on my "real" macbook When i tried installing VMware on my hackintosh desktop (i will put the specs below) it gets most of the way through the installer and then i get a "kernel panic" (grey screen locks up system and says "you must restart your mac---hit power button, etc"....) When I go to reboot after this I keep getting kernel panics before i even get to the login screen. I tried verbose mode and I saw a line about vmware near the end of verbose. I was able to boot into single user mode and get command line. I actually installed my OSX on a partition on my main drive, the other partition had my exisitng XP Pro install I have used for a long time. The way I fixed this is by booting into XP, installing "macdrive" (windows program that lets you see mac drives and mac changes to files) and I deleted out ALL of the files having to do with VMware (most of them are in /applications---- some in system/library---- etc). Once I do that and reboot I can get back into the OS just fine. I tried VMware install again and same thing happens---kernel panic--go to XP--delete VMware files on macdrive---reboot--back in OSX just fine. Any ideas for me on how I can get VMware to run/ how to fix this/ etc? I want to use my new hackintosh at work cause I am sick of windows, but I MUST be able to have XP on it to run a proprietary program we have that runs on "provideX" which only works in windows. I can boot into one or the other, but that is a big pain in the butt! Any ideas??? -Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trograin Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 "Parallels Desktop can be installed only on systems supporting hardware virtualization" Oookey, Runnin a Q8200 Processor ( Quadcore 2.33 Ghz), Thought I woudl not have any type of problems but well well, I seem to have ALL kind of rpboelms with Hardware Virt. I cant even get teh bloody {censored} to actually understand I have game DVDs and CDs in my reader ( and yeah, doesnt matter if they are legal or not, it simple cant read. ONLY game I can play is WoW ( luckily enough) and so far BF2142, BUT not the latest patched ones and ONLY if I use a cd crak ( and I OWN the bloody game legally ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio_multi Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 "Parallels Desktop can be installed only on systems supporting hardware virtualization" Oookey, Runnin a Q8200 Processor ( Quadcore 2.33 Ghz), Thought I woudl not have any type of problems but well well, I seem to have ALL kind of rpboelms with Hardware Virt. I cant even get teh bloody {censored} to actually understand I have game DVDs and CDs in my reader ( and yeah, doesnt matter if they are legal or not, it simple cant read. ONLY game I can play is WoW ( luckily enough) and so far BF2142, BUT not the latest patched ones and ONLY if I use a cd crak ( and I OWN the bloody game legally ) Intel Q8200 don't support Virtualization Technology, is strange, but real. http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SLB5M Giorgio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLight Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 OK. Proc without Virtualisation result in NO Parallels. But I have the Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9550 and get the Error: "Parallels Desktop can be installed only on systems supporting hardware virtualization." What am I doing wrong? Mr Light :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparm Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 OK. Proc without Virtualisation result in NO Parallels. But I have the Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9550 and get the Error: "Parallels Desktop can be installed only on systems supporting hardware virtualization." What am I doing wrong? Mr Light :-) check your bios setting, virtualization must be actived, what kernel you use ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason Sims Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 If you use Pacifist to open the .dmg and install it through there, it will bypass that warning and allow the install to continue EDIT: I tried this with Parallels 5 and got to the point of installing an OS and it won't boot because of the lack of Hardware Virtualization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLight Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I found a solution on an other place, which function for me. Virtualisation is ON in BIOS, but Parallels sometimes does not find it. Some Mac-Mini have the same Problem. It can be fixed if You simply send Computer in sleep mode an wake it up again. Mr Light :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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