Hi,
I'm missing something silly. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and use VBox 3.2.10. As far as I can see the VBox install went okay, had some missing packages but these dependencies were solved.
Now I try to make new virtual machines using the following sequence:
- VBoxManage createvm -name “<name>” -register
- VBoxManage modifyvm “<name>” --memory 512 --acpi on --boot1 dvd --nic1 nat
- VBoxManage createhd --filename "<name>.vdi" --size 10000 --remember
- VBoxManage storagectl "<name>" --add ide --name 'IDE Controller'
- VBoxManage modifyvm "<name>" --hda <name>.vdi
- VBoxManage storageattach "<name>" --storagectl "IDE Controller" --port 1 --device 0 --type dvddrive --medium /usr/iso-file
So far no problem, so I issue:
VBoxHeadless -startvm "<name>" &
(where <name> is the name I gave the VBox). I can connect to the vm on port 3389 using remote desktop under windows and can see the virtual machine. I get a debian or ubuntu setup procedure (depending on the mounted iso). I can enter timezone, keyboard, it detects network fine. The problem in both cases (ubuntu 10.04 and debian) start when it starts to install the base system. Both simply quit at 6%. At that time the windows remote desktop stops responding. If I look on the linux machine with ssh I can see the process VBoxHeadless is killed.
What am I missing.. ? Harddisk of my host has 114GB free, server has 4GB physical mem, load avg is 0.
Thanks,
lleto
Can't install any guest
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Re: Can't install any guest
Verify your settings with VBoxManage showvminfo <name> --details. If they all add up correctly (with a HD attached to it and everything), then start the VM through SSH and keep an eye on it. It's best if you don't get the prompt back, as you will then see what is causing the sudden quit of the process.
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Re: Can't install any guest
Hi,
thanks. See below for my showvminfo. Looks good to me: HD is there, proc is there, DVD is mounted, network present...
What do you mean by start it via SSH? I tried running it as VBoxManage starvm ERP --vrdp, but the result is the same. Process gets killed, no error message visual.
lleto
thanks. See below for my showvminfo. Looks good to me: HD is there, proc is there, DVD is mounted, network present...
What do you mean by start it via SSH? I tried running it as VBoxManage starvm ERP --vrdp, but the result is the same. Process gets killed, no error message visual.
lleto
Name: ERP Guest OS: Other/Unknown UUID: 3b960605-624a-443f-ba28-6bd0670372fe Config file: /root/.VirtualBox/Machines/ERP/ERP.xml Hardware UUID: 3b960605-624a-443f-ba28-6bd0670372fe Memory size: 512MB Page Fusion: off VRAM size: 8MB HPET: off Number of CPUs: 1 Synthetic Cpu: off CPUID overrides: None Boot menu mode: message and menu Boot Device (1): DVD Boot Device (2): DVD Boot Device (3): HardDisk Boot Device (4): Not Assigned ACPI: on IOAPIC: off PAE: off Time offset: 0 ms RTC: local time Hardw. virt.ext: on Hardw. virt.ext exclusive: on Nested Paging: on Large Pages: off VT-x VPID: on State: powered off (since 2010-11-06T15:08:24.000000000) Monitor count: 1 3D Acceleration: off 2D Video Acceleration: off Teleporter Enabled: off Teleporter Port: 0 Teleporter Address: Teleporter Password: Storage Controller Name (0): IDE Controller Storage Controller Type (0): PIIX4 Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0 Storage Controller Max Port Count (0): 2 Storage Controller Port Count (0): 2 IDE Controller (0, 0): /root/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/ERP.vdi (UUID: 0b064787-878f-4a6d-9dd5-f3cd8c7 f5dbc) IDE Controller (1, 0): /usr/src/debian-506-i386-netinst.iso (UUID: 6e035fc3-e01a-4136-8101-18a75c e7565a) NIC 1: MAC: 080027D290E3, Attachment: NAT, Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none) , Type: Am79C973, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0 NIC 1 Settings: MTU: 0, Socket( send: 64, receive: 64), TCP Window( send:64, receive: 64) NIC 2: disabled NIC 3: disabled NIC 4: disabled NIC 5: disabled NIC 6: disabled NIC 7: disabled NIC 8: disabled Pointing Device: PS/2 Mouse Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard UART 1: disabled UART 2: disabled Audio: disabled Clipboard Mode: Bidirectional VRDP: disabled USB: disabled USB Device Filters: <none> Shared folders: <none> Guest: Configured memory balloon size: 0 MB