Running 64 bit Ubuntu distribution from 32 bit Ubuntu

Question

Related to this question How do I run QEMU with a 64-bit processor on a 64-bit machine?. I'm trying to run Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit under Ubuntu 11.04 32 bit using qemu on a core2duo (64 bit CPU) machine, using the following qemu parameters with no success.

Error under qemu:

This kernel required an x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU.
Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropiate for your CPU

Isn't qemu supposed to emulate a 64 bit machine?

I think I'm missing something, but I can't figure it out.

qemu -cpu (kvm64|core2duo|qemu64) -boot d -cdrom ubuntu-11.10-desktop-amd64.iso
qemu-system-x86_64 -boot d -cdrom ubuntu-11.10-desktop-amd64.iso

uname -m returns

i686

/proc/cpuinfo returns

processor   : 1
vendor_id   : GenuineIntel
cpu family  : 6
model       : 23
model name  : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     P8400  @ 2.26GHz
stepping    : 6
cpu MHz     : 800.000
cache size  : 3072 KB
physical id : 0
siblings    : 2
core id     : 1
cpu cores   : 2
apicid      : 1
initial apicid  : 1
fdiv_bug    : no
hlt_bug     : no
f00f_bug    : no
coma_bug    : no
fpu     : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp      : yes
flags       : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 lahf_lm dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority
bogomips    : 4522.45
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

Answer 1

As far as I know, VirtualBox can do this, but not qemu. Also, you need to have support for this kind of virtual machine enabled by the BIOS, and not all systems come with the option.

Answer 2

Use this:

• qemu-system-x86_64

Instead of:

• qemu