I am not sure I interpret you comments correctly, but Win2k is my guest; Ubuntu 16.04 is the host. Ubuntu runs fine. Are you suggesting that I would need to install the Host to fix the Guest (or VB, whichever is the culprit)?
On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 5:58 PM, Tony Schlemmer <[email protected]> wrote: > I have window 7 laptop for work and when I tried to upgrade to Virtual Box > 5.2.6 with a Ubuntu 16.04 LTS it ran for a day. When left work I shutdown > the VirtualBox. When I tried restarting Ubuntu the next day I got nothing. > The logs were empty. I had no choice but to create another 40GB partition > with Ubuntu and down load every again. > > Now I have memory card that back everything up on so if it happens again I > at least have my files. VirtualBox worked perfectly for 6 months. We use > GIT so I checked in my code changes in daily but I spent about 6 hours > reinstalling everything. > > Tony > > > On Feb 4, 2018, at 17:40, Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > As soon as I click on start, the computer freezes--no mouse, no keyboard > > reaction. The power button is all I could find to break the ice. > Reliably > > repeatable. The VB logs are empty. > > > > My laptop has the same OS (Ubuntu 16.04), same VBox, same win2k guest; > > works fine. I have tried to compare the settings between the two > systems, > > and they are almost alike. What I see different that seems unusual is > that > > the desktop system under Storage/IDE controller shows Win2kSP2 Clone.vdi > > and Empty for the Secondary Master, whereas the laptop shows > > VboxGuestAdditons_5.0.18.iso I was certain that I installed the guest > > additions on the desktop. VB had run fine up until this latest > attempt. I > > will go looking for the guest additions. > > > > I would appreciate ideas on how to investigate this. > > > > -Denis > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
