Problem installing Vista Ultimate 64-bit guest
Posted: 29. May 2009, 23:40
Host details: Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1, VBox v2.2.2 r46594 PUEL, AMD Athlon 64 x2, Gigabyte M59SLI-S5 w/ F8 BIOS, 6GB RAM
I'm trying to get Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1 running in a VM so I have a clean environment with which to integrate SP2 however I'm having problems getting to the install stage.
Booting from an image of the 64-bit DVD shows the initial "Windows is loading files" screen but once that vanishes the VM hangs on a black screen. Waiting serves no purpose; I left it running for an hour or more on one attempt but to no avail.
VBoxManage.exe showvminfo "Vista SP2 Integration" run while the VM is in this state produces the following.
I note that the video mode is listed as 640x480x0. Surely that can't be good.
I've tried using the different IDE controllers and I've also tried enabling the additional controllers but it makes no difference to the outcome unless I use either of the SCSI controllers at which point the VM crashes as soon as it attempts to boot. At least that's something different though.
OK, this is new. Having just tried disabling PAE/NX I got this stop error. I then tried switching the IDE controller type from ICH6 to PIIX4 which exhibited the same behaviour. Changing the IDE controller to PIIX3 and restarting the VM resulted in the same hung state I described earlier however switching the IDE controller type back to ICH6 or PIIX4 did not result in the VM crashing again but instead produced the hung state.
I'm giving up on the damn thing for the moment; if more information is required than what I've provided let me know.
Almost forgot: Booting from the 64-bit DVD instead of from the image produces the same result. Booting from the 32-bit image seems to work fine.
I'm trying to get Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1 running in a VM so I have a clean environment with which to integrate SP2 however I'm having problems getting to the install stage.
Booting from an image of the 64-bit DVD shows the initial "Windows is loading files" screen but once that vanishes the VM hangs on a black screen. Waiting serves no purpose; I left it running for an hour or more on one attempt but to no avail.
VBoxManage.exe showvminfo "Vista SP2 Integration" run while the VM is in this state produces the following.
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Name: Vista SP2 Integration
Guest OS: Other Windows
UUID: b8aa540e-23e9-4cb3-9a10-002e028257d4
Config file: C:\Users\Dace\.VirtualBox\Machines\Vista SP2 Integration\Vista
SP2 Integration.xml
Memory size: 2048MB
VRAM size: 64MB
Boot menu mode: message and menu
ACPI: on
IOAPIC: on
PAE: on
Time offset: 0 ms
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Nested Paging: on
VT-x VPID: off
State: running (since 2009-05-29T20:39:56.044000000)
Monitor count: 1
3D Acceleration: off
Floppy: disabled
SATA: disabled
IDE Controller: ICH6
Primary master: J:\Vista SP2\VM\Vista 64-bit SP2 Integration Testbed.vdi (UUID: c387f3a9-f27c-4bf5-a601-ab06acaee700)
DVD: J:\Vista SP2\Vista SP1 64-bit.iso (UUID: 317e57f2-d077-4e91-a686-ad149cdea0a6)
NIC 1: MAC: 0800270213B9, Attachment: Bridged Interface 'NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps
NIC 2: disabled
NIC 3: disabled
NIC 4: disabled
NIC 5: disabled
NIC 6: disabled
NIC 7: disabled
NIC 8: disabled
UART 1: disabled
UART 2: disabled
Audio: enabled (Driver: DSOUND, Controller: AC97)
Clipboard Mode: disabled
Video mode: 640x480x0
VRDP: disabled
USB: disabled
USB Device Filters:
<none>
Available remote USB devices:
<none>
Currently Attached USB Devices:
<none>
Shared folders: <none>
VRDP Connection: not active
Clients so far: 0
Guest:
Statistics update: disabledI've tried using the different IDE controllers and I've also tried enabling the additional controllers but it makes no difference to the outcome unless I use either of the SCSI controllers at which point the VM crashes as soon as it attempts to boot. At least that's something different though.
OK, this is new. Having just tried disabling PAE/NX I got this stop error. I then tried switching the IDE controller type from ICH6 to PIIX4 which exhibited the same behaviour. Changing the IDE controller to PIIX3 and restarting the VM resulted in the same hung state I described earlier however switching the IDE controller type back to ICH6 or PIIX4 did not result in the VM crashing again but instead produced the hung state.
I'm giving up on the damn thing for the moment; if more information is required than what I've provided let me know.
Almost forgot: Booting from the 64-bit DVD instead of from the image produces the same result. Booting from the 32-bit image seems to work fine.