reset host while installing ubuntu7.04 (AMD Athlon Slot-A)

[MoonKid]

As I described here <​http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=176&sid=5c3865b8fc040d1d33e43085ec81f1c2>

I tried to install ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso on a VirtualBox (1.38) machine with WinXP as host machine (AMD Athlon Classic (SlotA) 900MHz, 768-SDRAM).

The install cd starts and I select "install". Then the ubuntu logo with the orange progress bar is shown. After some seconds my own physical pc (not the virtualbox machine!) make a "reset".

There is no freez, no error message. It is just as I would press the reset button on my physical machine.

I tried it in a fresh and new created machine. I attached the machine as a file here. The log can be found there two. I tried it on another multi-boot machine with WinXP installed. There is the same behavior. I have a problem with ReacOS (install-cd and live-cd), too. The virtual machine freeze while install but the physical host stays alive and make no problems.

[MoonKid]

virtual machine that make the problems (use 7-zip.org for extraction)

[Michael Thayer]

I was unable to extract your VM using 7-zip. Could you upload it again in standard zip format?

[MoonKid]

a screenshoot

[MoonKid]

Please look at the screenshoot. It is a memtest from the install-cd of xubuntu7.04.

There is a AMD as processor but a Intel chipset. Could this maybe occure an error?

[Michael Thayer]

I was unable to reproduce this under either Windows or Linux hosts. Have you tried running memtest on the host machine for a few hours? Or a full disk check? (Just to rule those out as causes.)

[MoonKid]

The mem-test worked fine for a over 10 hours. I skiped it then.

I tried the current ubuntu (gutsy), too. But there is the same error.

Did you try my machines? Or did you created a new one?

[Michael Thayer]

Both.

[MoonKid]

I tried some autocreated iso-images from instalinux.com.

• ubuntu7.04 has the same behavior like the original iso.

• CentOS, OpenSuse, Debian has some distri specific problems not related to VirtualBox. (there are problems installing bootloaders and configurate DHCP while the install process)

[Sander van Leeuwen]

Ticket 445 contains a similar report. (marked it as duplicate)

[Michael Thayer]

Can you try with the SVN version as of 2007-08-01?

[MoonKid]

I can try the SVN version.

But I have not build environment for VirtualBox installed and I don't want to do it because it is to heavy for such a simple task (test). Isn't there any nightly build to download?

[Frank Mehnert]

I will provide your an URL via private E-mail.

[MoonKid]

Ok, I tested the nightly you mailed me. I created a new fresh linux machine and tried the described ubuntu-image. The error is the same and the restart of my physical machine happens at the same time while ubuntu-installation.

[Frank Mehnert]

Would be great if you could check VirtualBox 1.5.0 again.

[Frank Mehnert]

No response, closing.