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Problem Installing Mint 16 on VB

Posted: 20. Jan 2014, 20:38
by RAM2014
I hope some one can help me with this issue I am having installing Mint 16- xfce (64-bit).
I am using VirtualBox on my Windows 7 machine also 64-bit.
VirtualBox version is the most up to date from their website 4.3.6

In VB I have selected for Mint:

I have selected Linux 2.6/3x
Choose 1024 mb
Choose 8Gb memory
Selected VDI

My Problem is:

When I go to the start virtual machine (to install the .iso file), the pop up box with the Mint logo does the count down from 10 to zero and then just hangs there. So I am left with just the Mint logo. It is very frustrating because I have installed other operating systems onto virtual box but have never encountered a problem like this before.

I have attached a log file. Hope this of some help.
VBox.log
VB_Log
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Thanks in advance for any help.

Re: Problem Installing Mint 16 on VB

Posted: 20. Jan 2014, 22:55
by Perryg
1) 64-bit guests need hardware-virtualzation enabled in the hosts bios.
2) when creating the 64-bit guest you must select 64-bit in General -> Basic -> version.
3) If running Windows as host you must make sure hyper-v or xp mode is not enabled on the host. MS does not play well and wants it all.

Note: the t3100 processor does not support VMX so no 64-bit guests

Re: Problem Installing Mint 16 on VB

Posted: 21. Jan 2014, 00:04
by RAM2014
Thank you for your response.

1)I have tried to enable virtualization in the Bios but to no avail as my laptop does not support it as you said I think it has something to do with the CPU.

2)Also when I want to select a guest operating system in VB I dont get any option of selecting a 64 bit option. So yet again I am thinking this is down to no virtualization being enabled. Although I am not sure as I am noob and learning everyday!!

So has anyone any other suggestions as how I might get to install Linux on my VM as I need it for college this semester.

Thanks in advance

Re: Problem Installing Mint 16 on VB

Posted: 21. Jan 2014, 00:09
by Perryg
Install 32 bit or i686 version.

Re: Problem Installing Mint 16 on VB

Posted: 1. Feb 2014, 05:49
by CJ
Perryg wrote:2) when creating the 64-bit guest you must select 64-bit in General -> Basic -> version.
I initially had the same issue with the 64-bit Mint LiveCDs for Mints 14, 15 and 16, until I changed this setting. Note that booting in compatibility mode generates this error:
Loading /casper/vmlinuz........
Loading /casper/initrd.lz........................ready.
This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU.
Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU.
However, I have a 64-bit Mint VM I created several months ago (under a previous version of VB) that has been running Mint 14 flawlessly, despite the fact that it's set to "Linux 2.6 / 3.x", NOT "(64 bit)". The same 64-bit LiveCD images boot just fine in that VM, but not in any new VMs I create until I change to 64-bit.

Any idea why?

VBoxManager showvminfo for the working VM:

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Name:            Linux Mint KDE 14 Clone
Groups:          /
Guest OS:        Linux 2.6 / 3.x
UUID:            80909573-5c44-47e8-a8dc-94c437d17675
Config file:     /home/nathanael/VirtualBox VMs/Linux Mint KDE 14 Clone/Linux Mint KDE 14 Clone.vbox
Snapshot folder: /home/nathanael/VirtualBox VMs/Linux Mint KDE 14 Clone/Snapshots
Log folder:      /home/nathanael/VirtualBox VMs/Linux Mint KDE 14 Clone/Logs
Hardware UUID:   80909573-5c44-47e8-a8dc-94c437d17675
Memory size:     4096MB
Page Fusion:     off
VRAM size:       12MB
CPU exec cap:    100%
HPET:            off
Chipset:         piix3
Firmware:        BIOS
Number of CPUs:  1
PAE:             off
Long Mode:       on
Synthetic CPU:   off
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode:  message and menu
Boot Device (1): Floppy
Boot Device (2): DVD
Boot Device (3): HardDisk
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI:            on
IOAPIC:          off
Time offset:     0ms
RTC:             UTC
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Nested Paging:   on
Large Pages:     off
VT-x VPID:       on
VT-x unr. exec.: on
State:           powered off (since 2014-02-01T02:14:17.988000000)
Monitor count:   1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address: 
Teleporter Password: 
Tracing Enabled: off
Allow Tracing to Access VM: off
Tracing Configuration: 
Autostart Enabled: off
Autostart Delay: 0
Default Frontend: 
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):      2
Storage Controller Bootable (1):        on
IDE Controller (0, 0): /home/nathanael/Downloads/Operating Systems/Linux/linuxmint-16-kde-dvd-64bit.iso (UUID: 13deaf79-9c83-471c-ba71-49fb9bd0f12c)
SATA Controller (0, 0): /home/nathanael/VirtualBox VMs/Linux Mint KDE 14 Clone/NewVirtualDisk1.vdi (UUID: ea377f26-4916-4a36-a759-65ec910c59cf)
NIC 1:           MAC: 080027BA71AE, Attachment: Bridged Interface 'eth0', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny, Bandwidth group: none
NIC 2:           disabled
NIC 3:           disabled
NIC 4:           disabled
NIC 5:           disabled
NIC 6:           disabled
NIC 7:           disabled
NIC 8:           disabled
Pointing Device: USB Tablet
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1:          disabled
UART 2:          disabled
LPT 1:           disabled
LPT 2:           disabled
Audio:           enabled (Driver: ALSA, Controller: AC97)
Clipboard Mode:  Bidirectional
Drag'n'drop Mode: disabled
VRDE:            disabled
USB:             enabled
EHCI:            disabled

USB Device Filters:

<none>

Available remote USB devices:

<none>

Currently Attached USB Devices:

<none>

Bandwidth groups:  <none>

Shared folders:  <none>

VRDE Connection:    not active
Clients so far:     0

Video capturing:    not activeName:            Linux Mint 16 KDE 2
Groups:          /
Guest OS:        Linux 2.6 / 3.x
UUID:            73ec22a1-7184-4be3-92e4-24d9dcb9dd51
Config file:     /home/nathanael/VirtualBox VMs/Linux Mint 16 KDE 2/Linux Mint 16 KDE 2.vbox
Snapshot folder: /home/nathanael/VirtualBox VMs/Linux Mint 16 KDE 2/Snapshots
Log folder:      /home/nathanael/VirtualBox VMs/Linux Mint 16 KDE 2/Logs
Hardware UUID:   73ec22a1-7184-4be3-92e4-24d9dcb9dd51
Memory size:     4096MB
Page Fusion:     off
VRAM size:       12MB
CPU exec cap:    100%
HPET:            off
Chipset:         piix3
Firmware:        BIOS
Number of CPUs:  1
PAE:             off
Long Mode:       off
Synthetic CPU:   off
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode:  message and menu
Boot Device (1): Floppy
Boot Device (2): DVD
Boot Device (3): HardDisk
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI:            on
IOAPIC:          off
Time offset:     0ms
RTC:             UTC
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Nested Paging:   on
Large Pages:     off
VT-x VPID:       on
VT-x unr. exec.: on
State:           powered off (since 2014-02-01T02:16:51.173000000)
Monitor count:   1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address: 
Teleporter Password: 
Tracing Enabled: off
Allow Tracing to Access VM: off
Tracing Configuration: 
Autostart Enabled: off
Autostart Delay: 0
Default Frontend: 
Storage Controller Name (0):            IDE
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
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 (0, 0): /home/nathanael/Downloads/Operating Systems/Linux/linuxmint-16-kde-dvd-64bit.iso (UUID: 13deaf79-9c83-471c-ba71-49fb9bd0f12c)
SATA (0, 0): /home/nathanael/VirtualBox VMs/Linux Mint 16 KDE 2/Linux Mint 16 KDE 2.vdi (UUID: fdaacf4f-6a22-4b6a-aebb-11c1c62cf144)
NIC 1:           MAC: 080027854E49, Attachment: NAT, Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny, Bandwidth group: none
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: USB Tablet
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1:          disabled
UART 2:          disabled
LPT 1:           disabled
LPT 2:           disabled
Audio:           enabled (Driver: ALSA, Controller: AC97)
Clipboard Mode:  disabled
Drag'n'drop Mode: disabled
VRDE:            disabled
USB:             enabled
EHCI:            enabled

USB Device Filters:

<none>

Available remote USB devices:

<none>

Currently Attached USB Devices:

<none>

Bandwidth groups:  <none>

Shared folders:  <none>

VRDE Connection:    not active
Clients so far:     0

Video capturing:    not active
Capture screens:    0
Capture file:       /home/nathanael/VirtualBox VMs/Linux Mint 16 KDE 2/Linux Mint 16 KDE 2.webm
Capture dimensions: 1024x768
Capture rate:       512 kbps
Capture FPS:        25

Guest:

Configured memory balloon size:      0 MB



Capture screens:    0
Capture file:       /home/nathanael/VirtualBox VMs/Linux Mint KDE 14 Clone/Linux Mint KDE 14 Clone.webm
Capture dimensions: 1024x768
Capture rate:       512 kbps
Capture FPS:        25

Guest:

Configured memory balloon size:      0 MB
VBoxManager showvminfo for the broken VM (which works when I change it to 64-bit):

Code: Select all

Name:            Linux Mint 16 KDE 2
Groups:          /
Guest OS:        Linux 2.6 / 3.x
UUID:            73ec22a1-7184-4be3-92e4-24d9dcb9dd51
Config file:     /home/nathanael/VirtualBox VMs/Linux Mint 16 KDE 2/Linux Mint 16 KDE 2.vbox
Snapshot folder: /home/nathanael/VirtualBox VMs/Linux Mint 16 KDE 2/Snapshots
Log folder:      /home/nathanael/VirtualBox VMs/Linux Mint 16 KDE 2/Logs
Hardware UUID:   73ec22a1-7184-4be3-92e4-24d9dcb9dd51
Memory size:     4096MB
Page Fusion:     off
VRAM size:       12MB
CPU exec cap:    100%
HPET:            off
Chipset:         piix3
Firmware:        BIOS
Number of CPUs:  1
PAE:             off
Long Mode:       off
Synthetic CPU:   off
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode:  message and menu
Boot Device (1): Floppy
Boot Device (2): DVD
Boot Device (3): HardDisk
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI:            on
IOAPIC:          off
Time offset:     0ms
RTC:             UTC
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Nested Paging:   on
Large Pages:     off
VT-x VPID:       on
VT-x unr. exec.: on
State:           powered off (since 2014-02-01T02:16:51.173000000)
Monitor count:   1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: off
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address: 
Teleporter Password: 
Tracing Enabled: off
Allow Tracing to Access VM: off
Tracing Configuration: 
Autostart Enabled: off
Autostart Delay: 0
Default Frontend: 
Storage Controller Name (0):            IDE
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
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 (0, 0): /home/nathanael/Downloads/Operating Systems/Linux/linuxmint-16-kde-dvd-64bit.iso (UUID: 13deaf79-9c83-471c-ba71-49fb9bd0f12c)
SATA (0, 0): /home/nathanael/VirtualBox VMs/Linux Mint 16 KDE 2/Linux Mint 16 KDE 2.vdi (UUID: fdaacf4f-6a22-4b6a-aebb-11c1c62cf144)
NIC 1:           MAC: 080027854E49, Attachment: NAT, Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82540EM, Reported speed: 0 Mbps, Boot priority: 0, Promisc Policy: deny, Bandwidth group: none
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: USB Tablet
Keyboard Device: PS/2 Keyboard
UART 1:          disabled
UART 2:          disabled
LPT 1:           disabled
LPT 2:           disabled
Audio:           enabled (Driver: ALSA, Controller: AC97)
Clipboard Mode:  disabled
Drag'n'drop Mode: disabled
VRDE:            disabled
USB:             enabled
EHCI:            enabled

USB Device Filters:

<none>

Available remote USB devices:

<none>

Currently Attached USB Devices:

<none>

Bandwidth groups:  <none>

Shared folders:  <none>

VRDE Connection:    not active
Clients so far:     0

Video capturing:    not active
Capture screens:    0
Capture file:       /home/nathanael/VirtualBox VMs/Linux Mint 16 KDE 2/Linux Mint 16 KDE 2.webm
Capture dimensions: 1024x768
Capture rate:       512 kbps
Capture FPS:        25

Guest:

Configured memory balloon size:      0 MB

Re: Problem Installing Mint 16 on VB

Posted: 1. Feb 2014, 13:44
by mpack
CJ wrote:However, I have a 64-bit Mint VM I created several months ago (under a previous version of VB) that has been running Mint 14 flawlessly, despite the fact that it's set to "Linux 2.6 / 3.x", NOT "(64 bit)". The same 64-bit LiveCD images boot just fine in that VM, but not in any new VMs I create until I change to 64-bit.

Any idea why?
If you took the time to read the discussion topics for recent releases you would already know why.

Re: Problem Installing Mint 16 on VB

Posted: 2. Feb 2014, 22:10
by CJ
mpack wrote:If you took the time to read the discussion topics for recent releases you would already know why.
Well, now that was a very unhelpful response.

Looking at the board index, there's no "discussion topics for recent releases" forum, so I'm not even sure where one would find these topics. I did spend over an hour searching on and reading about the specific error message, and more time perusing the General/Using Virtualbox forum, but I don't have hours and hours to spend just browsing around the VB forums. Nothing I did see answered my question, so I asked it here.

If you don't want to answer my question, i understand. But why bother replying just to say, "I'm not going to answer your question"?

Re: Problem Installing Mint 16 on VB

Posted: 2. Feb 2014, 23:11
by mpack
I admit that I get exasperated sometimes when different people are asking the same FAQ question 4 or 5 times every day. The purpose of my response was to remind you to check for previous answers before asking your question.

The discussion topic for the latest release (and some earlier releases) is a sticky near the top of the "Using VirtualBox" forum. They are designed to be hard to miss.
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