> I'm using VirtualBox (v4.1.18) on Kubuntu-12.10. > > I have a Windows 7 vdi file which I attached to a new VM with the > "existing disk" > option. The resulting VM starts to boot up but then BSODs during the startup > screen. > > Then I used vboxmanage to clonehd the vdi file into a "raw" disk file. > > Using Xen on the same host, and an extremely simple configuration file, Xen > had no problem booting up a VM with the raw disk file. > > What should I check to troubleshoot VirtualBox's inability to boot the vdi? > > Here's most of the output from 'showvminfo', for what it's worth. > $ vboxmanage showvminfo scooby > Name: scooby > Guest OS: Windows 7 (64 bit) > Memory size: 1024MB > Page Fusion: off > VRAM size: 27MB > CPU exec cap: 100% > HPET: off > Chipset: piix3 > Firmware: BIOS > Number of CPUs: 1 > Synthetic Cpu: off > CPUID overrides: None > Boot menu mode: message and menu > Boot Device (1): Floppy > Boot Device (2): DVD > Boot Device (3): HardDisk > Boot Device (4): Not Assigned > ACPI: on > IOAPIC: on > PAE: on > Time offset: 0 ms > RTC: local time > Hardw. virt.ext: on > Hardw. virt.ext exclusive: on > Storage Controller Name (0): IDE Controller > Storage Controller Type (0): PIIX4 > Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0 > Storage Controller Max Port Count (0): 2 > Storage Controller Port Count (0): 2 > Storage Controller Bootable (0): on > Storage Controller Name (1): SATA Controller > Storage Controller Type (1): IntelAhci > Storage Controller Instance Number (1): 0 > Storage Controller Max Port Count (1): 30 > Storage Controller Port Count (1): 1 > Storage Controller Bootable (1): on > IDE Controller (1, 0): Empty > SATA Controller (0, 0): /home/skippy/mnt/mnt0/win7x64amdHP.vdi (UUID:
Forgot to close this "thread". The problem was the controller. Had to make sure the VirtualBox storage added the drive with an IDE controller. Not SATA. The drivers were setup for IDE. Works fine in VirtualBox too, now. -Skippy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
