Discussions about using Windows guests in VirtualBox.
carl.waring
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by carl.waring » 3. Mar 2012, 16:23
Just downloaded the ISO from the MS website and getting this error...
Failed to open the CD/DVD image C:\Users\Carl\Downloads\Windows8-ConsumerPreview-32bit-English.iso.
Could not get the storage format of the medium 'C:\Users\Carl\Downloads\Windows8-ConsumerPreview-32bit-English.iso' (VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED).
Result Code: VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR (0x80BB0005)
Component: Medium
Interface: IMedium {53f9cc0c-e0fd-40a5-a404-a7a5272082cd}
Callee: IVirtualBox {c28be65f-1a8f-43b4-81f1-eb60cb516e66}
Can I do anything about it? Don't want to install it on my working machine, of course. Hence the installation of VB
Thanks.
Perryg
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Posts: 34369 Joined: 6. Sep 2008, 22:55
Primary OS: Linux other
VBox Version: OSE self-compiled
Guest OSses: *NIX
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by Perryg » 3. Mar 2012, 16:31
Verify the md5sum or download again.
CoolRaoul
Posts: 2 Joined: 3. Mar 2012, 17:41
Primary OS: MS Windows 7
VBox Version: OSE other
Guest OSses: WIN7,WINXP,Linux
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by CoolRaoul » 3. Mar 2012, 17:43
Had been able to run Win8 preview on VirtualBox using tips found in this thread.
Unfortunatly, after having ran windows update in the guest, it doesn't boot anymore
carl.waring
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by carl.waring » 3. Mar 2012, 18:32
Good: I now have a working ISO
Bad: It boots straight into its "Recovery Environment"; see attached pic.
Oh look! Here's square one again
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jimmyg
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by jimmyg » 3. Mar 2012, 20:58
I'm also having trouble installing Windows 8 . I'm getting the 0x0000000A error followed by 0xFFFFFFE6, 0x00000000,0x819B4E5B
I've uploaded the log and image files
I hope someone can help out
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carl.waring
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by carl.waring » 3. Mar 2012, 21:42
Was that a reply to both of us, stefan?
I have to say that I'd be surprised if mine didn't, but then I there's only one entry in the BIOS relating to Virtual Mode, but I can't quite remember what it said.
My system is based on an Athlon II x4 635.
Perryg
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by Perryg » 3. Mar 2012, 21:44
@carl.waring,
Post the guests log file (as an attachment)
Perryg
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by Perryg » 3. Mar 2012, 22:00
Not really the guests log file. Right click on the guest in the main manager and then click show log. Save and post as an attachment.
karl_w_w
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by karl_w_w » 3. Mar 2012, 22:07
carl.waring wrote: Good: I now have a working ISO
Bad: It boots straight into its "Recovery Environment"; see attached pic.
I had the same, my fix was: settings -> system -> processor -> enable pae/nx
michaln
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by michaln » 3. Mar 2012, 23:51
Enabling PAE/NX is highly recommended for Windows 8 guests. The setting is not required on all hosts but there's no harm in always turning it on for Windows 8 guests.
On an unrelated note, I highly recommend not changing the default chipset. ICH9 can cause a Windows 8 guest to randomly become unresponsive for periods of time (it will always come back after a while). There's no disadvantage to using the default PIIX3 chipset that we're aware of.
carl.waring
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by carl.waring » 4. Mar 2012, 00:01
Perryg wrote: Not really the guests log file. Right click on the guest in the main manager and then click show log. Save and post as an attachment.
Sorry
New to VB. Here it is.
That said...
karl_w_w wrote: carl.waring wrote: Good: I now have a working ISO
Bad: It boots straight into its "Recovery Environment"; see attached pic.
I had the same, my fix was: settings -> system -> processor -> enable pae/nx
That's done it. Nice one!
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