Update to Lion, my XP vm hangs at startup

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otite
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Joined: 18. Jan 2012, 12:35
Primary OS: Mac OS X other
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: XP

Update to Lion, my XP vm hangs at startup

Post by otite »

hello !

i'm facing a problem after migrating to lion. i did my vm backup (actually all the vb folder, with hard disks and xml files).
i tried to install my vm again and the xml files was containing old folder values so the vm doesn't start.
so i created a new vm using the existing hard disk.
the vm starts but hangs before the windows logo...
if i shut it down, and then restart, i get the message "windows didn't shutdown correctly etc..." if i select "start normally" or any other option, it does the same, hangs before seeing the win xp logo.

any help would be very appreciated.

thanks,

guillaume
otite
Posts: 2
Joined: 18. Jan 2012, 12:35
Primary OS: Mac OS X other
VBox Version: VirtualBox+Oracle ExtPack
Guest OSses: XP

Re: Update to Lion, my XP vm hangs at startup

Post by otite »

auto reply.
the "Activate IO-APIC" option was disabled, seems to fix my problem.
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