Guru Meditation error on Mac M1 VirtualBox 7.0.4 Beta

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PA12678
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Guru Meditation error on Mac M1 VirtualBox 7.0.4 Beta

Post by PA12678 »

Hi there!

I'm responsible for setting up virtual machines for a few of our clients. I keep encountering a Guru Meditation critical error message and cannot seem to determine the root cause.

Using the following specs:

Macbook Air (M1 2020)
Memory 8GB
Startup Disk Macintosh HD
MacOS Ventura 13.0.1


I've included log I have relating to this (had to upload a .zip as the file size was too big). I cannot seem to find a solution so any advice is really appreciated!
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mpack
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Primary OS: MS Windows 10
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Re: Guru Meditation error on Mac M1 VirtualBox 7.0.4 Beta

Post by mpack »

MacOS is your host, not your guest. I will move the topic to the "MacOS hosts" forum.

You can't install Windows 10 as a VirtualBox VM on an M1 host. See the stickied discussion at the top of this new forum.
PA12678
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Re: Guru Meditation error on Mac M1 VirtualBox 7.0.4 Beta

Post by PA12678 »

mpack wrote:MacOS is your host, not your guest. I will move the topic to the "MacOS hosts" forum.

You can't install Windows 10 as a VirtualBox VM on an M1 host. See the stickied discussion at the top of this new forum.
Thanks for coming back on this! Can I run any version of Windows using VirtualBox on M1?
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Re: Guru Meditation error on Mac M1 VirtualBox 7.0.4 Beta

Post by mpack »

You can get 32bit versions (e.g. XP) to install, but whether they would be usable on a simulated Intel processor, I frankly doubt it. Also XP is very old (e.g. you'd have trouble finding Internet browsers compatible with modern Internet, because modern browsers no longer support XP).

And I will remind you: the only VirtualBox version that runs on M1/M2 processors is a developer preview, it doesn't even rise to the level of a beta. It is completely unsupported.
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