OpenSuse Guest hangs during install process

[dsledge]

I am running the VirtualBox OSE (v 1.5.6_OSE) under Ubuntu using Linux version 2.6.24-22. Currently, I have successfully installed Windows XP and Oracle Enterprise Linux as a guest in VirtualBox but cannot install OpenSuse 11.1 because it hangs during the install.

I start the install file and see the Welcome screen and then the menu. I select the 'Installation' option, see the 'Loading Linux Kernel' progress bar go to 100% and then the virtual screen goes black. No disk or network activity is shown. Sometimes I am presented with an error dialog that refers me to the log file which I can post if anyone is curious.

I downloaded the OpenSuse install file (openSUSE-11.1-DVD-i586.iso) from http://software.opensuse.org/ and have setup the VirtualBox guest as follows:
Virtual Disk: 10 GB dynamic
OS Type: Linux 2.6
Base Memory: 1024 MB
Video Memory: 8 MB
ACPI: Enabled
IO APIC: Disabled
CD/DVD-ROM: Image openSUSE-11.1-DVD-i586.iso

Thanks for any help!

[dsledge]

Well, I've let the 'black screen' stay up for awhile and noticed the following entries at the end of the log file:
00:02:45.949 TM: Giving up catch-up attempt at a 60005669212 ns lag; new total: 60005669212 ns
00:04:25.445 TM: Giving up catch-up attempt at a 60005989270 ns lag; new total: 120011658482 ns
00:06:04.951 TM: Giving up catch-up attempt at a 60003967430 ns lag; new total: 180015625912 ns
00:07:44.328 TM: Giving up catch-up attempt at a 60001951671 ns lag; new total: 240017577583 ns
00:09:23.804 TM: Giving up catch-up attempt at a 60001983243 ns lag; new total: 300019560826 ns
00:11:03.180 TM: Giving up catch-up attempt at a 60001951707 ns lag; new total: 360021512533 ns
00:12:42.616 TM: Giving up catch-up attempt at a 60005983244 ns lag; new total: 420027495777 ns
00:14:22.013 TM: Giving up catch-up attempt at a 60001949916 ns lag; new total: 480029445693 ns
00:16:01.399 TM: Giving up catch-up attempt at a 60003958024 ns lag; new total: 540033403717 ns

[jonny.milano]

i have this very same problem!!

[stefan.becker]

Try newer releases instead of such old fred flintstone versions.