Problem with Natty under VirtualBox

[Donkey Hottie]

23.6.2011 18:10, Donald Talbert kirjoitti:
> On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 13:11 +0300, Donkey Hottie wrote:
>> I have the latest VirtualBox on a 64bit Windows 7 Home Premium.
>>
>> Under that I have 64 bit Debian Squeeze, and 32 bit Natty Narwhal. The
>> Debian runs fine, but the Ubuntu installation is hard to boot. I need to
>> "reset" it many times, it usually just puts out a black screen and
>> hangs. After many resets it finally boots very quickly and works then fine.
>>
>> That problem was not with earlier versions of Ubuntu.
>>
>> That might be a conflict with VirtualBox and current GRUB, or current
>> Ubuntu Kernel, I don't know.
>>
>> Anyone rings any bells? Maybe some kernel parameter to GRUB config? This
>> is irritating.
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Your mode of life will be changed for the better because of new
>> developments.
>>
>>
> 
> You are installing the virtual box drivers and letting it build a kernel
> for it on first boot right? (Devices, Install Guest Additions) That
> makes a world of difference for virtual machines.
> 

Yes, guest additions are installed.

> If it's not that check your settings make sure your giving enough ram
> and if you have a slow processor maybe give 2 cores. Also make sure your
> processor supports and is turned on virtualization Acceleration (BIOS:
> AMDV etc).  
> 

I have Core i7 processor, and all virtualization options are on. I run
VMware server on this machine too (Debian clients), and everything works
fine, except that Ubuntu under VirtualBox.

> I never had any problems with Ubuntu inside a virtual machine on a AMD
> Phenom II 1090T (or 955) BE with Virtualbox with both my host system as
> Ubuntu & Windows 7. :) Let us know what you find out.
> 

This is strange. Earlier Ubuntus worked fine too, but not the latest.


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