Error starting Ubuntu guest on Windows host

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hallmichaelr
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Error starting Ubuntu guest on Windows host

Post by hallmichaelr »

Hi all,

I've been having mega trouble with my Ubuntu VM today, although it's been working perfectly for a long time. Upon startup the machine just stops. Logs and image attached.

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
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Reason: removed empty zip file
scottgus1
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Re: Error starting Ubuntu guest on Windows host

Post by scottgus1 »

The zip file is empty, it contains no log file.

Before you post a new zip, open your log file and search for:

Attempting fall back to NEM

If this text is in the log file, then Hyper-V is enabled. See HMR3Init: Attempting fall back to NEM (Hyper-V is active).
hallmichaelr
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Re: Error starting Ubuntu guest on Windows host

Post by hallmichaelr »

Wow thanks! That's exactly it. Disabled Hyper-V and my VM is now happy again.

The issue seems to be that I attempted an install of Docker on my Host to troubleshoot an issue, and that a) didn't work and b) broke Virtualbox. :evil:
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Re: Error starting Ubuntu guest on Windows host

Post by scottgus1 »

Great! Glad you're up and running.
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