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XP guest startup going in circles
Posted: 6. May 2009, 16:53
by jaspmatt
I installed my XP.vdi from Ubuntu Intrepid running VB 2.1 to my new Jaunty installation running VB 2.2 but it refuses to start up properly.
XP falls back to the safe mode black & white screen but when I select safe mode (or any other selection on that menu) it restarts the at the VB logo and tries again, resulting in the safe mode screen again. It will do this automatically all day long if I don't stop it.
If anyone has seen this or can offer suggestions they will be greatly appreciated.
Re: XP guest startup going in circles
Posted: 6. May 2009, 16:56
by vbox4me2
Run: [VBoxManage showvminfo "VMNAME"], and post results here. Check hardisk controller type, don't use sata, only the sata toggle.
Re: XP guest startup going in circles
Posted: 6. May 2009, 17:15
by jaspmatt
Thanks. Here is output:
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root@JJMAIN:/home/jaspmatt# VBoxManage showvminfo "HBETA_XP"
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 2.2.2
(C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.
WARNING! The following VirtualBox settings files have been automatically
converted to the new settings file format version '1.7-linux':
/root/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml (1.6-linux)
The current command was aborted to prevent overwriting the above settings
files with the results of the auto-conversion without your permission.
Please put one of the following command line switches to the beginning of
the VBoxManage command line and repeat the command:
--convertSettings - to save all auto-converted files (it will not
be possible to use these settings files with an
older version of VirtualBox in the future);
--convertSettingsBackup - to create backup copies of the settings files in
the old format before saving them in the new format;
--convertSettingsIgnore - to not save the auto-converted settings files.
Note that if you use --convertSettingsIgnore, the auto-converted settings files
will be implicitly saved in the new format anyway once you change a setting or
start a virtual machine, but NO backup copies will be created in this case.
root@JJMAIN:/home/jaspmatt#
The controller type shows IDE but it is actually running off a SATA drive. The guest ran fine off the same drive on Intrepid.
Re: XP guest startup going in circles
Posted: 6. May 2009, 17:27
by vbox4me2
The Guest info is not shown due to an error (The current command was aborted), please read it and make a choice to get the VM settings displayed.
Re: XP guest startup going in circles
Posted: 6. May 2009, 17:38
by jaspmatt
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root@JJMAIN:/home/jaspmatt# VBoxManage --convertSettings showvminfo "HBETA_XP"
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 2.2.2
(C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.
ERROR: Could not find a registered machine named 'HBETA_XP'
Details: code VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND (0x80bb0001), component VirtualBox, interface IVirtualBox, callee nsISupports
Context: "FindMachine (Bstr(VMNameOrUuid), machine.asOutParam())" at line 1921 of file VBoxManageInfo.cpp
root@JJMAIN:/home/jaspmatt#
Re: XP guest startup going in circles
Posted: 6. May 2009, 18:48
by vbox4me2
Ahum... hello... yet another error message and not the VM settings...
Re: XP guest startup going in circles
Posted: 6. May 2009, 18:55
by jaspmatt
Please forgive me but I don't understand exactly what you want. When I run VBoxManage showvminfo "HBETA_XP" it gives the same message as the previous post.
Sorry to be such a noob, but how can I get the vminfo?
Re: XP guest startup going in circles
Posted: 6. May 2009, 19:12
by vbox4me2
You had two different errors:
"The current command was aborted"
and
"Could not find a registered machine named "
Why I don't know, this showvminfo command should display all the VM settings in use. I can't look into your setup so you have to find out why it can't find the VM. Or manually type over the VM settings.
Re: XP guest startup going in circles
Posted: 6. May 2009, 23:59
by jaspmatt
These are the only settings I am able to produce.
Is there a procedure written out anywhere I can follow? All I want to do is move my existing .vdi from the Ubuntu Intrepid to Jaunty.
Re: XP guest startup going in circles
Posted: 7. May 2009, 00:31
by vbox4me2
Thats better, set basemem to 512 and video to 32.
Under General, Advanced there are IDE settings as well you can try flipping.
Re: XP guest startup going in circles
Posted: 7. May 2009, 17:24
by jaspmatt