Win 7 VM doesn't boot. (from working WMWare)

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Win 7 VM doesn't boot. (from working WMWare)

Post by bdmeyer »

I the past, I have converted several Windows VMWare VM's to VirtualBox VM's without the slightest problem.
Now, the past three that I have tried over the past month all fail on first boot with the exact same error.

I have looked at the logs and don't see anything that jumps out at me as being obviously wrong.
These were both XP and Win 7 32 and 64 bit machines.

Upon boot I get the error shown in this screenshot:
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I have tried with IO APIC enabled disabled.
I tried changing controller to SCSI, IDE, and SATA 0
The only SATA Controller Attribute is AHCI so I can't change that.
I have tried with and without 'use host I/O cache'

I have checked permissions on the various files I copied over from the Vmware install to see that they match the VM's that are functioning. (Which have all been copied over from VMware fusion installs)

I don't even know how to begin troubleshooting this error.
The googling I have done hints at the boot order perhaps having changed, or that the boot device isn't being found.
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output of vmwaremanage showvminfo:
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  • [bdmeyer@vbox Win7 SIFT Workstation]$ vboxmanage showvminfo Win7\ SIFT\ Workstation
    Name: Win7 SIFT Workstation
    Guest OS: Windows 7
    UUID: d3331ee9-e0a2-4704-a4d4-0ab7734c757a
    Config file: /home/bdmeyer/.VirtualBox/Machines/Win7 SIFT Workstation/Win7 SIFT Workstation.vbox
    Snapshot folder: /home/bdmeyer/.VirtualBox/Machines/Win7 SIFT Workstation/Snapshots
    Log folder: /home/bdmeyer/.VirtualBox/Machines/Win7 SIFT Workstation/Logs
    Hardware UUID: d3331ee9-e0a2-4704-a4d4-0ab7734c757a
    Memory size: 2048MB
    Page Fusion: off
    VRAM size: 64MB
    HPET: off
    Chipset: piix3
    Firmware: BIOS
    Number of CPUs: 1
    Synthetic Cpu: off
    CPUID overrides: None
    Boot menu mode: message and menu
    Boot Device (1): HardDisk
    Boot Device (2): DVD
    Boot Device (3): Not Assigned
    Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
    ACPI: on
    IOAPIC: on
    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 2011-11-04T17:09:22.864000000)
    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
    Storage Controller Bootable (0): on
    Storage Controller Name (1): SATA Controller
    Storage Controller Type (1): IntelAhci
    Storage Controller Instance Number (1): 0
    Storage Controller Max Port Count (1): 30
    Storage Controller Port Count (1): 1
    Storage Controller Bootable (1): on
    IDE Controller (1, 0): Empty
    SATA Controller (0, 0): /home/bdmeyer/.VirtualBox/Machines/Win7 SIFT Workstation/Win7 SIFT Workstation.vmdk (UUID: 5c9dba23-1c43-4c53-a397-12bf3467e8ae)
    NIC 1: MAC: 08002713D508, Attachment: NAT, Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, 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: enabled (Driver: ALSA, Controller: AC97)
    Clipboard Mode: Bidirectional
    VRDE: enabled (Address 0.0.0.0, Ports 3389-4000, MultiConn: off, ReuseSingleConn: off, Authentication type: null)
    Video redirection: disabled
    VRDE property: TCP/Ports = "3389-4000"
    VRDE property: TCP/Address = <not set>
    VRDE property: VideoChannel/Enabled = <not set>
    VRDE property: VideoChannel/Quality = <not set>
    VRDE property: Client/DisableDisplay = <not set>
    VRDE property: Client/DisableInput = <not set>
    VRDE property: Client/DisableAudio = <not set>
    VRDE property: Client/DisableUSB = <not set>
    VRDE property: Client/DisableClipboard = <not set>
    VRDE property: Client/DisableUpstreamAudio = <not set>
    USB: enabled

    USB Device Filters:

    <none>

    Available remote USB devices:

    <none>

    Currently Attached USB Devices:

    <none>

    Shared folders: <none>

    VRDE Connection: not active
    Clients so far: 0

    Guest:

    OS type: Windows7
    Additions run level: 0
    Configured memory balloon size: 0 MB


    [bdmeyer@vbox Win7 SIFT Workstation]$
I have also attached the VBox.log file.

Thank-you for any troubleshooting advice.

--Bruce D. Meyer
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Re: Win 7 VM doesn't boot. (from working WMWare)

Post by mpack »

First, just to be clear: VirtualBox claims to support the VMDK format. It does not claim that any VMWare VM will run without problems.

Leaving that aside, I don't find the vminfo for a non-working VM very useful. It isn't as if one VM recipe is definitely wrong and another definitely right, it depends on what the installed image of Windows is expecting to see. The equivalent info for the working VMWare VM would be more useful.

Something you might try is booting the guest up with a setup CD and trying to "repair the installation" - if the Win7 CD still offers that option.
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