On Wednesday 07 May 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Running VirtualBox 1.6.0 AMD64 free closed source on a Athlon 64 X2 3800+, > 4GB RAM, Slamd64 Linux host, Windows XP SP2 guest. > > I have an XP virtual machine that I had been using on my previous > installation (Slackware 12.0, same specs, VirtualBox 1.5.6-1 x86) without > flaw or incident. However, I decided to try a 64-bit distribution while > keeping my home directory. I also grabbed the most recent AMD64 > VirtualBox. When I first opened VirtualBox, it detected my old image and > informed me that it was updating it to the current version. I consented > and, being young and foolish, did not create a backup. > > When I start the virtual machine, the window opens and the title goes from > [Starting] to [Running]. However, nothing further happens. There is no > hard drive activity and the screen remains blank without even the > 'VirtualBox' splash screen appearing (although my previous version was > pre-Sun so for all I know that has since been taken out). The window > itself responds to input: menus work and it grabs/releases focus properly. > Just nothing boots. > > Checked out my settings and all of them look correct, but frankly I'm not > enough of an expert to know for sure. Any suggestions?
Do you have AMD-V enabled? Try to disable. If this does not work please open a bug report and attach your VBox.log file there. Kind regards, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/
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