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Error running windows xp virtual machine on windows 7

Posted: 5. Jan 2014, 04:12
by gabomza
I'm attaching the logs for this error, it happens every time I run the virtual machine. Nothing was installed on the host

Thanks in advance!

Gabriel

Re: Error running windows xp virtual machine on windows 7

Posted: 5. Jan 2014, 10:57
by socratis
VBox.log wrote:00:00:00.666823 Host RAM: 1745MB total, 419MB available
00:00:00.790934 RamSize <integer> = 0x0000000020000000 (536 870 912, 512 MB)
00:00:16.940323 VM: Raising runtime error 'HostMemoryLow' (fFlags=0x2)
00:00:16.940367 Console: VM runtime error: fatal=false, errorID=HostMemoryLow message="Unable to allocate and lock memory. The virtual machine will be paused. Please close applications to free up memory or close the VM"
The error is pretty clear. You have 419 MB RAM free, you're asking for 512 MB and the VM comes to a halt.

You have to free enough memory on your Windows7 host by closing other running applications or services.