[Solved] Fail to install Windows 10 as guest

[Duanra]

Hi everyone,

I repeatedly fail to install Windows 10 on a Linux host. I don't get what's wrong. The installation process goes almost til the end, but when the screen "Getting ready" comes, the VM freezes. I should also mention that according to my infos the Windows 32-bits version shouldn't need hardware acceleration, but Virtualbox requires it anyway in order to run the VM. I enabled it the BIOS, so the problem got solved, but not the installation issue's still there. I enabled 2D and 3D acceleration to no avail.

Specs:
- Host : Linux version 4.15.0-54-generic (buildd@lgw01-amd64-014) - Xubuntu 18.04.1 64-bits
- Guest : Windows 10, May 19 update, 32-bits
- 4Go RAM for the host, 1024 Mo for the guest
- Virtualbox 5.2.18, installed via the Ubuntu repositories.

If anyone could help, it would be amazing ! I need that VM for work and right now I'm thinking about downgrading to Win 7 although that wouldn't be the best solution : /

Thanks,

[scottgus1]

Virtualbox 5.2.18, installed via the Ubuntu repositories.

You'll need to uninstall this and install from the official Virtualbox website. We are not aware of the changes made by the distro repositories.
That said, I don't see anything glaring in the log to say what might be the issue. VT-x is becoming more mandatory in later versions of Virtualbox, even with 32-bit guests. If the Virtualbox guest window is open and the guest OS is doing something guest-OS-y, then Virtualbox is working.
The iso is called "Win10_1903_V1_English_x32.iso", which appears from my search to be a direct match from a non-Microsoft site, Edit: I just ran through a tutorial on how to download the iso direct from MS and the name is the same. Be sure you have genuine media.

[Duanra]

Hey scottgus1,

Thanks a lot for your help. Indeed uninstalling the Ubuntu version and installing the Oracle's one solved the problem.
The guest is installed.