Windows Server 2003 guest won't boot

alina.bolero · Post by **alina.bolero** » 9. Oct 2007, 19:06

I added a vmdk based storage disk that I created with VMWare Server and created a new virtual machine for a Windows Server 2003 and tried to boot it. However, it just hangs during the boot. The tail of the log file says:

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00:00:01.337 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#0: disk, CHS=16383/16/63, total number of sectors 20971520
00:00:01.337 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#1: no unit
00:00:01.893 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#2: CD/DVD, total number of sectors 0, passthrough disabled
00:00:01.893 PIIX3 ATA: LUN#3: no unit
00:00:01.893 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: finished processing RESET
00:00:01.893 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#1: finished processing RESET
00:00:01.893 NAT: DNS address: 65.32.5.74
00:00:01.893 NAT: ignored DNS address: 65.32.5.75
00:00:01.945 Changing the VM state from 'CREATING' to 'CREATED'.
00:00:01.945 Changing the VM state from 'CREATED' to 'RUNNING'.
00:00:01.961 Guest Log: BIOS: VirtualBox 1.5.0
00:00:01.961 PIT: mode=2 count=0x10000 (65536) - 18.20 Hz (ch=0)
00:00:01.979 PIT: mode=2 count=0x48d3 (18643) - 64.00 Hz (ch=0)
00:00:01.994 Display::handleDisplayResize(): uScreenId = 0, pvVRAM=b0e3b000 w=640 h=480 bpp=8 cbLine=0x280
00:00:04.249 PIT: mode=2 count=0x10000 (65536) - 18.20 Hz (ch=0)
00:00:04.250 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: RESET, DevSel=0 AIOIf=0 CmdIf0=0x00 (-1 usec ago) CmdIf1=0x00 (-1 usec ago)
00:00:04.254 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#0: finished processing RESET
00:00:04.256 Guest Log: BIOS: ata0-0: PCHS=16383/16/63 translation=lba LCHS=1024/255/63
00:00:04.256 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#1: RESET, DevSel=0 AIOIf=0 CmdIf0=0x00 (-1 usec ago) CmdIf1=0x00 (-1 usec ago)
00:00:04.256 PIIX3 ATA: Ctl#1: finished processing RESET
00:00:04.257 Guest Log: BIOS: Booting from Hard Disk...
00:00:04.267 Display::handleDisplayResize(): uScreenId = 0, pvVRAM=00000000 w=720 h=400 bpp=0 cbLine=0x0
00:00:05.482 Guest Log: BIOS: int13_harddisk: function 15, unmapped device for ELDL=81

my VM configuration file looks like this:

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<VirtualBox xmlns="http://www.innotek.de/VirtualBox-settings" version="1.2-linux">

  <Machine OSType="win2k3" lastStateChange="2007-10-09T16:37:07Z" name="Windows 2003 Server" uuid="{ad0ea282-c957-4d25-c29f-a8374
189a746}">
    <ExtraData>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/SaveMountedAtRuntime" value="yes"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastCloseAction" value="powerOff"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/LastWindowPostion" value="382,49,724,533"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/Fullscreen" value="off"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/Seamless" value="off"/>
      <ExtraDataItem name="GUI/AutoresizeGuest" value="on"/>
    </ExtraData>
    <Description/>
    <Hardware>
      <CPU>
        <HardwareVirtEx enabled="false"/>
      </CPU>
      <Memory RAMSize="832"/>
      <Boot>
        <Order device="HardDisk" position="1"/>
      </Boot>
      <Display MonitorCount="1" VRAMSize="32"/>
      <RemoteDisplay authType="null" enabled="false" port="3389"/>
      <BIOS>
        <ACPI enabled="true"/>
        <IOAPIC enabled="false"/>
        <Logo displayTime="0" fadeIn="true" fadeOut="true"/>
        <BootMenu mode="messageandmenu"/>
        <TimeOffset value="0"/>
      </BIOS>
      <DVDDrive passthrough="false">
        <HostDrive src="/dev/cdrom"/>
      </DVDDrive>
      <FloppyDrive enabled="true"/>
      <USBController enabled="false">
        <DeviceFilter active="true" name="New Filter 1"/>
      </USBController>
      <Network>
        <Adapter MACAddress="0800273AFB17" cable="true" enabled="true" slot="0" type="Am79C973">
          <NAT/>
        </Adapter>
        <Adapter MACAddress="080027BF3E8D" cable="true" enabled="false" slot="1" type="Am79C973"/>
        <Adapter MACAddress="08002765C340" cable="true" enabled="false" slot="2" type="Am79C973"/>
        <Adapter MACAddress="0800271F1123" cable="true" enabled="false" slot="3" type="Am79C973"/>
      </Network>
      <Uart>
        <Port IOBase="0x3f8" IRQ="4" enabled="false" hostMode="Disconnected" slot="0"/>
        <Port IOBase="0x3f8" IRQ="4" enabled="false" hostMode="Disconnected" slot="1"/>
      </Uart>
      <Lpt>
        <Port IOBase="0x378" IRQ="4" enabled="false" slot="0"/>
        <Port IOBase="0x378" IRQ="4" enabled="false" slot="1"/>
      </Lpt>
      <AudioAdapter driver="null" enabled="false"/>
      <SharedFolders/>
      <Clipboard mode="Bidirectional"/>
    </Hardware>
    <HardDiskAttachments>
      <HardDiskAttachment bus="ide0" device="master" hardDisk="{27ae36b7-c4c3-414f-9ab5-92b866d8f591}"/>
    </HardDiskAttachments>
  </Machine>

</VirtualBox>

I'm running VirtualBox version 1.5.0 on Ubuntu "Fiesty Fawn"

-Alina Bolero

alina.bolero · Post by **alina.bolero** » 9. Oct 2007, 21:44

I increased the RAM to 1GB and enabled the ACPI stuff. That at least got me to the point where I momentarily see a bluescreen-of-death before it automatically restarts.

alina.bolero · Post by **alina.bolero** » 9. Oct 2007, 21:57

OK ... never mind. Just slap n00b on my forehead.

I just found this: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuMagazine/ ... _+_VdiTool