VirtualBox OSE: Cannot install Jaunty Beta as guest

[andrew.46]

Hi,

I am installing a fresh iso of Jaunty beta after successfully running most of the alphas as guest with VirtualBox 2.1.4_OSE. The installation gets to 95% or so and then reboots and logs on as generic user again and asks me if I wish to install. Anybody else with this problem?

Andrew

[roastpotato]

I have a similar problem, when it reaches 90 percent (Detecting Hardware) on virtualbox (non-OSE) it either quits the installation and goes back to the live session or restarts with the installation incomplete.

[andrew.46]

Hi roastpotato,

I have a similar problem, when it reaches 90 percent (Detecting Hardware) on virtualbox (non-OSE) it either quits the installation and goes back to the live session or restarts with the installation incomplete.

Glad it is not just me then :-). I am attempting a new install with a recompiled VirtualBox and a few different installation options but I don't like my chances.

Edit: Exactly as in your case the process dies at 'Detecting Hardware'. First the system freezes and then reboots to 'Live User' leaving about 2.3 gigs of failed installation.


Andrew

[itsStephen]

I can get the install to finish but then it will just load the live user. When I restart I just get a black screen with a white line on it which makes me think that it didn't actually install and left 2.3gb of fail.

[saboritsu]

Me too. My problem is very much the same as roastpotato has.

[andrew.46]

Hi,

Well I have had success of a sort. I added:

Section "ServerLayout"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection

to xorg.conf which meant that hardware detection (hot plugging disabled at least for the installation) was a little off and xorg needed to be reconfigured after reboot but the system is now up and running.

It is all a little dodgy so I would advise people to find a better method :-). Or at the very least be prepared for unpredictable results with this method.

Andrew

[andrew.46]

Hi again,

Woooo hooooo!! Guest Additions up and running as well !!! Just had to alter the install.sh file as is well documented now (http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-904jaunty-and-virtualbox-video-driver-for-xguest-additions.html).

Andrew

Edit: Hi Moog!!!

[saboritsu]

Thanks, Andrew!

[andrew.46]

Hi saboritsu,

Thanks, Andrew!

This worked for you or are you just hopeful :-).

Andrew

[Wraith's Hand]

Thanks for the link. I was able to get Jaunty Beta installed with no problems until I tried adding the guest additions. Hm. Now I wonder if I can fix the the virtual machine or if I am going to have to start over.

[jespdj]

I had something similar the first time I installed 64-bit Jaunty Beta on VirtualBox 2.1.4 running on 64-bit Hardy.

I noticed that the checksum of my Jaunty ISO image was incorrect, so I downloaded it again, made the ISO image on my harddisk read-only, and then it did install without problems on VirtualBox.

Thanks for the VirtualBox video driver fix; I also noticed that I couldn't get the VirtualBox video driver to work.

[saboritsu]

Hi saboritsu,



This worked for you or are you just hopeful :-).

Andrew
Hi, Andrew. It worked perfectly for me, thank you!