Paul Smith wrote: > > I'll try downloading the 2022-08-24 > > version you reference above and see if that makes a difference. > > It did not matter: same hang. There's clearly some magic pixie dust > that needs to be sprinkled on my system to get this to work, that I do > not have.
Unfortunately, this magic pixie dust depends on your CPU model, UEFI/BIOS settings, Linux host kernel version, and VirtualBox version. I've had VMs that became unbootable after moving to a newer hardware, and vice versa. The VirtualBox documentation [1] gives a certain amount of background knowledge, which is then the basis for finding the right setting that makes things work. Sorry, I had expected that it would be as smooth for you as it was for me. Bruno [1] https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html