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I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit and recently installed qemu-kvm. Now I want to start a 64bit live CD using qemu -m 512 -boot d -cdrom archlinux-2010.05-netinstall-x86_64.iso This loads the image and I can select to boot ArchLinux the normal way, but it will give me an error that I have to use 64bit machine to run this live CD. Now, I tried to get a list of cpu qemu can emulate for me, and ended up with this output:

axle@z370l:~/Downloads$ qemu -cpu ?
x86           [n270]
x86         [athlon]
x86       [pentium3]
x86       [pentium2]
x86        [pentium]
x86            [486]
x86        [coreduo]
x86          [kvm32]
x86         [qemu32]
x86          [kvm64]
x86       [core2duo]
x86         [phenom]
x86         [qemu64]
x86           [host]

So, how do I make qemu emulate a 64bit cpu?

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I asked myself the same question a few days ago and couldn't figure it out. Now I see your list (perhaps I couldn't find how to get this list?) and the obvious choices seem to be kvm64, qemu64 and host. I also tried core2duo and phenom, they also work.

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Oh... dang it, I got confused by the x86 in front of all these entries... But now it get's a little clearer, since 64bit still is x86_64 ;). This solved the problem. – axle May 4 '11 at 19:16

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