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Always panics on boot in VMware. Sad :( Edit: Seems to work in Parallels. Edit 2: Boots in Parallels but is not very usable. Hangs very often, Parallels Tools
by bstx 15y ago
Always panics on boot in VMware. Sad :(
Edit: Seems to work in Parallels.
Edit 2: Boots in Parallels but is not very usable. Hangs very often, Parallels Tools do not work. Now trying in VirtualBox.
Edit 3: VirtualBox works as good or bad as Parallels. Native install seems to be the best option. Did someone try to install onto an external drive?
- malbs 15y agogot VirtualBox handy/willing to give it a try?
- acak 15y agoI tried the 32 bit one (without developer tools) on VirtualBox on Windows 7. It panics with this message: Unknown error creating VM - VERR_VMX_MSR_LOCKED_OR_DISABLED
- bstx 15y agoThat looks more like an issue with your machine. Does your CPU support VT extensions? Or they might not be enabled in the firmware. You can also fall back to traditional trap-n-emulate virtualization by disabling VT and nested paging in the VirtualBox preferences.
- acak 15y agoThanks. Virtualization was disabled in the BIOS.
- watmough 15y agoI have the 64-bit Dev Tools edition running pretty good in VBox. It doesn't like the VBox Tools, though they partial install. No seamless mouse sadly. It does seem to hang up rather a lot, but it clears after a minute or two and keeps going. No panics yet. I only did that, since I didn't have any DL DVDs, and no Windows install to make a bootable USB.
- apaprocki 15y agoI just installed 64-bit dev tools into VBox on OSX and seamless mouse is supported. Everything just works so far..
- watmough 15y agoDamn! That's the configuration I have, and it hung, then went through once I ran it in compatibility mode. Obviously something broke, or failed because the tools are not fully working. Did you tell VBox it's Windows 7? And what version of VBox are you using, please? Anyways, I ended up downloading the make usb key utility from MS, making a bootable install on the key, then installing on a spare HD on my box. aside from having to slip it all the drivers at start of install, the experience running on the metal is a lot better.
- apaprocki 15y agoYes, I said the OS was Windows 7 64-bit, VBox 4.1.2.
- spdy 15y agohttp://blogs.lessthandot.com/index.php/SysAdmins/OS/Windows/2003Server/you-need-to-have-hardware http://blogs.lessthandot.com/index.php/SysAdmins/OS/Windows/... Maybe this helps for VirtualBox """ You need to have hardware virtualization enabled if you want to run Windows 8 in Virtual Box """
- pointyhat 15y agoWorks fine on VMWare workstation 7 for me. Installed as Windows 2008 64-bit profile.
- danparsonson 15y agoWould you post your settings? I've tried several different configurations and it just keeps panicking :-(
- pointyhat 15y agoDefault ones worked for me. Windows 2008 64-bit. 40Gb disk. Do you haave VT-x on your CPU?
- danparsonson 15y agoYeah I do; I've tried manually enabling that in the settings or leaving it at automatic, along with various different memory sizes, core/cpu counts, SCSI vs IDE hard drive, also tried Windows 7 x64 as a base, and both 2008 and 2008 R2, all to no avail. VirtualBox it is then... Thanks anyway!
- pointyhat 15y agoDang. Must be lucky with mine. Good luck with VBox :)