LinuxMint 4.0 on Vista x86 host

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rothgar
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LinuxMint 4.0 on Vista x86 host

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So I have been trying to get LinuxMint 4.0 working in a virtual machine in vista x86 but for some reason I cannot get past the first boot screen. I tried the exact same iso on a XP machine and I don't have any problems. I checked settings for both virtual machines and I even deleted the machine and recreated it with default settings but I can't seem to get the machine to even boot off the iso file.

Is there something I am missing? I don't get a error the virtual machine just sits there and doesn't go any further.

I also tried booting in Vista x64 with the same problem. I am able to set up a vista VM, XP VM, and a DSL VM. I haven't a Ubuntu iso but I am going to download that and try it next.
rothgar
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Post by rothgar »

I was able to install LinuxMint on a different machine and then just copy the VDI over to my laptop (vista machine). I set up a new VM using that hard drive and everything appears to be working fine now. I can't install the guest additions but at least it is up and running :)
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