Oops! I'd previously sent to this list two messages that were intended for the comp.os.os2.apps newsgroup (it was late at night), one addressed to "Yankeebean and Kor" and the other to "Alex Taylor". Please disregard them. My apologies.
For this list, here's more detail about the problem I'm experiencing. For reference here's the original query: On 27-08-11, Dushan Mitrovich wrote: > Attempts to install eCS 2.1 guest using VBox 4.1.0 and 4.1.2 under > Mac OS X.6.5 host. > > During these attempts the VM window froze up several times, not > responding to actions that used to work. E.g., clicking on 'Cancel' > or other icons did nothing, forcing me to do a Force Quit. > > Also, when inside the VM window, with the mouse pointer captured by the > guest OS, clicking a button would cause a VB window to pop up informing > that the mouse was about to be captured by the guest. This happened > even tho I had not left the guest since the last several mouse clicks, > and had previously checked the box 'Do not show this message again'. > > After setting up the guest options in the VB Manager, I started the VM, > which was pointed at the eCS .iso file. The installation Boot Option > menu came up. For the 'Hardware' option I initially selected options > other than 'Virtual Machine', since with that option no USB stick is > accessible from which to copy the lengthy registration key*. But none > of these choices worked: Each time the boot process would hang (Alt-F2 > showed where the loading stopped) when loading the relevant graphics > driver - and I tried all four. > > Giving up on this, I went back to specifying 'Virtual Machine' for > Hardware and 'Panorama' for video, resigned to having to enter the reg. > key by hand. After that the Boot Option menu informed me that the > (virtual) Disk 1 had no partition table and asked if it should fix the > problem. After a 'Yes', it said 'The changes have been applied' and a > re-boot would be necessary; pressing 'Close' would exit and re-boot. > The standard eCS Shutdown occurred, claiming I could now press CAD to > re-boot. > > VB's shortcut Cmd-Delete for sending a CAD sequence didn't work, but > from the menu's File entry it did. I again got the installation Boot > Option menu, followed by the eCS splash screen, then by a screen asking > again to pick Easy or Advanced Installation, followed once again by the > registration key screen. > > AHHHHRG - an endless loop! > > So far, stymied at every turn. > > Any suggestions for what to try next would be appreciated. > > I have been runing eCS 1.2R successfully under several versions of > VBox, using an .hdd file from Parallels, under which it was installed. > But I have never successfully installed an eCS guest under VBox from > scratch. > > * For those unfamiliar, the reg. name is 22 alphanumeric characters > long, all but 3 of them unguessable, and the reg. key is 176 alpha > characters long. Entering nearly 200 random characters correctly, > multiple times, is not my idea of fun. Alex Taylor pointed out that the 'endless loop' wasn't. Getting past that let me get to the end of Phase One of the install, leading to a re-boot. That proceeded until it came time to load the video system, at which point the CPU pegged at 100% and stayed there until I quit the VM. The exact same thing happens regardless which video system I try for the guest (possible choices are: VGA, GRADD, SNAP, and Panorama). The Extension Pack for VB 4.1.2 is loaded and active, and the Display settings for the VM are pretty basic: 16 MB of video memory, one monitor, no 2D or 3D acceleration, and Remote Server not enabled. So this is where I'm stuck, in which the VM seems unable to interface with the host's display. Can anyone suggest remedies, or what more information I need to provide? Thanks. - Dushan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
