Opened 16 years ago
Closed 10 years ago
#3940 closed defect (obsolete)
Installation of Windows 7 RC fails if guest RAM too high (32-bit host)
| Reported by: | hannibalstgt | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | VMM | Version: | VirtualBox 3.2.6 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Windows |
Description (last modified by )
Hello , I several times tried to install Windows 7 RC but it always failed, if I specify more than 1,5 GB main storage. My system has 4 GB main memory installed and the host (Windows XP SP3) uses 3 GB. The installation worked fine with a main memory setting of 1498 MB.
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Change History (9)
by , 16 years ago
comment:1 by , 15 years ago
Not "Main storage", but "main memory" (RAM).
This works with VBox 3.2.6.
-Technologov
comment:2 by , 15 years ago
| Cc: | removed |
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| priority: | minor → major |
| Summary: | Installation of Windows 7 RC fails if Main storage too high → Installation of Windows 7 RC fails if guest RAM too high (32-bit host) |
| Version: | VirtualBox 2.2.2 → VirtualBox 3.2.6 |
No, I think he talks about the typical RAM limit on 32-bit hosts. This will be hopefully fixed with VBox 3.3 (no promises yet).
comment:3 by , 15 years ago
| Component: | installer → VMM |
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comment:4 by , 15 years ago
frank: he said "install fails". With limited RAM on 32-bit host (1.5 GB) it won't fail.
-Technologov
comment:5 by , 15 years ago
He has a Windows XP host and wants to install Windows 7 in a VM. I can really imagine that the VM aborts (I think the reporter was not exact here) with out-of-memory if 1.5GB RAM are assigned to the guest VM. Well, there should be another defect for this so it is most likely a duplicate anyway.
comment:6 by , 10 years ago
| Description: | modified (diff) |
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| Resolution: | → obsolete |
| Status: | new → closed |
Log file of failed installation attempt (1)