virtualbox.org

Hello,
I'm trying to use VirtualBox the first time and I'm having problem. I have Vista Enterprise Edition as host OS. I'd like to have a virtual Linux box and I decided to install Ubuntu 7.10 as a virtual OS. I downloaded the iso file for Ubuntu. When I start the VM, it loads the image and it shows me options for starting and installing Ubuntu. I select the first one whichis install. Then the VM screen gets black and the host machine gets frozen (well, mouse cursor is still moving). I tried several times, waited about 10 minutes, no luck. CTRL-ALT-DEL does not react. I have to power cycle my machine to get out of this state.

Any idea what is happening?

Thanks in advance.

PS: Although I didn't finish but I tried installing WindowsXP. That didn't freeze.

Well I just found another post which is about the same problem I'm having:

http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=4303

I didn't mention it but now I see it is a very important bit of info that I'm also trying to install Ubuntu on laptop, namely HP Compaq 6910p.

Since I posted my problem, I succeeded with Damn Small Linux. It was quick and flawless.

Today I just managed to install Ubuntu 8.04 on my HP Compaq 6910p laptop running Windows Vista Enterprise.

pi31415 wrote:Today I just managed to install Ubuntu 8.04 on my HP Compaq 6910p laptop running Windows Vista Enterprise.

How did you managed it ?
What have you done to make it works ?

Stefano

Than I get :
<VFS Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block>

Stefano

nextage wrote:

pi31415 wrote:Today I just managed to install Ubuntu 8.04 on my HP Compaq 6910p laptop running Windows Vista Enterprise.

How did you managed it ?
What have you done to make it works ?

Stefano