#2949 closed defect (duplicate)
Win XP 64 with SP1 integrated crashes during text-mode installer
| Reported by: | Fernando Cassia | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | other | Version: | VirtualBox 2.1.0 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Linux |
Description
On Virtualbox 2.1.0, running on both 32-bit Fedora Core 6 and also tested in the latest 32-bit Fedora 10 (kernel 2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686) I create a new Windows-64bit VM with 512MB of RAM (host has 2Gig) and 128 MB of video memory.
The CPU is a dual-core AMD Opteron 2210 (Santa Rosa) on an ASUS KFN5-D dual-CPU Socket-F motherboard
VM parameters:
ACPI: Enabled IO APIC: ENABLED (Otherwise the XP64 installer displays a warning and stops) VT-x/AMD-V: Enabled PAE/NX: Enabled (or Disabled, doesn't make a difference) IDE Hard disks: XP64.vdi (10Gb) CD/DVD-ROM: USB DVD-RW (/dev/sr0) Floppy: not munted Networking: disabled
The text-mode XP64 installer works file even including "Setup is loading files..." and drivers names scrolling by.
When it reaches the point it displays the message "Setup is loading windows..." a Virtualbox "Guru Meditation" dialog appears reading: "A critical error has occurred while running the virtual machine and the machine execution has been stopped".
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Change History (6)
by , 16 years ago
comment:1 by , 16 years ago
| Resolution: | → duplicate |
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| Status: | new → closed |
comment:2 by , 16 years ago
To enable the PAE mode of your Linux host kernel you have to recompile the kernel and select Processor type and features / High Memory Support (64GB). Or wait for the next release of VirtualBox.
comment:3 by , 16 years ago
on Fedora 10, entering "yum install kernel-PAE" as root from a terminal window installs the necessary kernel.
Also System->Administration->Add/Remove Software and entering "PAE" on the search box then pressing the "Find" button brings "The Linux Kernel compiled for PAE machines" as the first result. Select that and click on the "Apply" button.
This work-around is verified and works on Fedora 10.
comment:5 by , 16 years ago
I forgot... after 'yum install kernel-PAE' (or using the GUI method) you need to recompile the Virtualbox kernel driver with '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup'
Here is the command output:
# /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup Stopping VirtualBox kernel module [ OK ] Recompiling VirtualBox kernel module [ OK ] Starting VirtualBox kernel module [ OK ]
Hope this helps. FC PS: I think it would be nice for upcoming versions to create a simple bash script that does the above, but name it something easier to remember, like vbox-rebuild-module.sh and place it into /usr/local/bin so it's automatically in the path
Duplicate. Enable PAE in your *host* kernel config to work around the problem for now. I've already fixed it in SVN.