Virtual box hangs up during installation...??

[faraz_k86]

I installed VB and then tried to install Win XP.

I gave a ram size of 512 and Virtual disk space of 8 GB.

I then started the machine, setup went fine till it reaches the partitioner option.

the place where it tells u that partition 1 of 8GB is raw and you must format it to another file system like FAT or NTFS.

this is where it hangs up. during formatting the system just freezes.

i tried both FAT and NTFS, same results.

any help r ideas will be greatly appreciated

[faraz_k86]

bump :)

[faraz_k86]

and.....another bump.

sorry.. :)

[Duck2006]

This may help.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=690713&page=2

[bodhi.zazen]

The virtual drive is very much a raw drive, it has no partition table, like a new clean hard drive.

Easiest is to boot the system with an Ubuntu iso and use gparted to make a NTFS partition. Then re-boot to and install Windows.

[faraz_k86]

Thanks but i dont see how that link you provided can help me.

Creating an NTFS partition with GPARTED? then that wont be a virtual drive and i dont think VB will be able to pick it up.

[faraz_k86]

k i found the answer.

this guy had the same problem: http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/589

I was assigning more virtual memory than my actual ram. That is why my partitioner got an error

[bodhi.zazen]

Thanks but i dont see how that link you provided can help me.

Creating an NTFS partition with GPARTED? then that wont be a virtual drive and i dont think VB will be able to pick it up.

LOL

Yes you boot your virtual machine with the Ubuntu iso as a cdrom and format the virtual drive as NTFS.

Anyways, I am glad you found a solution.