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Windows 8 EFI Crash.
Posted: 31. Mar 2014, 00:20
by maxrealqnx
Hi !
- VBox.zip
- Virtualbox Log
- (39.5 KiB) Downloaded 10 times
The virtualbox crashes when working in efi mode with the Windows 8 x64. Why ?
Thank you in advance for your answers. Kind regards
Re: Windows 8 EFI Crash.
Posted: 31. Mar 2014, 01:09
by mpack
VirtualBox EFI is intended for OS X guests. Linux also works, Windows doesn't.
Re: Windows 8 EFI Crash.
Posted: 31. Mar 2014, 02:01
by rpmurray
3.12. Alternative firmware (EFI)
Note that the VirtualBox EFI support is experimental and will be enhanced as EFI matures and becomes more widespread. While Mac OS X and Linux guests are known to work fine, Windows guests are currently unable to boot with the VirtualBox EFI implementation.
Re: Windows 8 EFI Crash.
Posted: 31. Mar 2014, 15:21
by mpack
p.s. Congratulations on only your second post in 7 years. That's participation!
Re: Windows 8 EFI Crash.
Posted: 31. Mar 2014, 19:25
by maxrealqnx
rpmurray wrote:3.12. Alternative firmware (EFI)
Note that the VirtualBox EFI support is experimental and will be enhanced as EFI matures and becomes more widespread. While Mac OS X and Linux guests are known to work fine, Windows guests are currently unable to boot with the VirtualBox EFI implementation.
Hi all.
Hmm intresting .. Well, can you suggest how an emulator for the windows 8 ? Under my hand all the time because of physical does not have the efi bios. Kind regards
Re: Windows 8 EFI Crash.
Posted: 31. Mar 2014, 20:17
by loukingjr
maxrealqnx wrote:
Hi all.
Hmm intresting .. Well, can you suggest how an emulator for the windows 8 ? Under my hand all the time because of physical does not have the efi bios. Kind regards
Windows 8 & 8.1 run in VirtualBox. You just need to uncheck EFI in the VirtualBox settings. I don't know if you would have to reinstall Windows if you had it checked when you created the guest.
Re: Windows 8 EFI Crash.
Posted: 5. Apr 2014, 22:21
by maxrealqnx
Hi all.
I did download VirtualBox 4.3.10 for OS X hosts. The problem still continues...
Solution for me :
1) vmware fusion
firmware = "efi"
bios.forceSetupOnce = "FALSE"
bios.bootDelay = "2555"
2) Parellels Desktop
Kind regards.
Re: Windows 8 EFI Crash.
Posted: 5. Apr 2014, 22:41
by loukingjr
maxrealqnx wrote:Hi all.
I did download VirtualBox 4.3.10 for OS X hosts. The problem still continues...
Solution for me :
1) vmware fusion
firmware = "efi"
bios.forceSetupOnce = "FALSE"
bios.bootDelay = "2555"
2) Parellels Desktop
Kind regards.
my solution: don't check efi in VirtualBox when creating a Windows 8 or 8.1 guest. I think my way is cheaper.