Virtualbox crashes when creating a 15GB VDI
Posted: 27. Sep 2008, 17:46
Hello,
I have a problem: I'm trying to create a Windows Vista capable virtual machine but can't go past the hard disk creation.
You all know that Vista wants at least 15 Gb of hard disk space, so I was trying to create a new virtual drive of that specific size.
But as soon as I click the "next" button, the program crashes, leaving only an active process named "VBoxSVC.exe".
Is there anything I'm doin' wrong?
I am using:
- Windows XP SP3
- Virtualbox 2.0.0
- Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit (as the guest OS)
My machine has the following specs:
- Intel Core2Duo e6420
- Gigabyte GA-P35-S3 motherboard (Intel P35)
- 2 Gb DDR2-800 dual channel RAM
- ATi HD3870 w/ 512 Mb onboard
- LG s-ata DVD-RW drive
- Maxtor 200 Gb s-ata hard drive (w/ partitions C:\, D:\, E:\ and V:\ )
- Hiper 530W PSU
When I was trying to create the VDI, I had at least 1600 Mb of free RAM and I had set the virtual machine to use 1 Gb, thus leaving another 600 Mb free. The partition I was trying to install the VDI on (the V:\ partition) had at least 25 GB free space left.
Please note that I had no problem at all, while installing Suse Linux 9.1 and Puppy Linux 4 in two different virtual machines, each with a specific VDI.
Thanks for any suggestion you may have.
I have a problem: I'm trying to create a Windows Vista capable virtual machine but can't go past the hard disk creation.
You all know that Vista wants at least 15 Gb of hard disk space, so I was trying to create a new virtual drive of that specific size.
But as soon as I click the "next" button, the program crashes, leaving only an active process named "VBoxSVC.exe".
Is there anything I'm doin' wrong?
I am using:
- Windows XP SP3
- Virtualbox 2.0.0
- Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit (as the guest OS)
My machine has the following specs:
- Intel Core2Duo e6420
- Gigabyte GA-P35-S3 motherboard (Intel P35)
- 2 Gb DDR2-800 dual channel RAM
- ATi HD3870 w/ 512 Mb onboard
- LG s-ata DVD-RW drive
- Maxtor 200 Gb s-ata hard drive (w/ partitions C:\, D:\, E:\ and V:\ )
- Hiper 530W PSU
When I was trying to create the VDI, I had at least 1600 Mb of free RAM and I had set the virtual machine to use 1 Gb, thus leaving another 600 Mb free. The partition I was trying to install the VDI on (the V:\ partition) had at least 25 GB free space left.
Please note that I had no problem at all, while installing Suse Linux 9.1 and Puppy Linux 4 in two different virtual machines, each with a specific VDI.
Thanks for any suggestion you may have.