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Offline joechimp

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Virtual Box-Minime
« on: October 29, 2012, 01:59:39 PM »
Tried to install minime in virtual box. stops on first splash screen.
I searched before I posted this and found nothing relevant.
Could someone point me to the right thread if there is one, or give me some advice on what I am doing wrong.
Thank you in advance.
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Re: Virtual Box-Minime
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2012, 02:53:02 PM »
Joe, are you using a minime ISO or did you first burn the ISO to CD/DVD ?
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Re: Virtual Box-Minime
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2012, 02:57:53 PM »
It's burned to a cd and is a live cd .

As we speak though, I kept trying it over and over and it finally booted up. I don't know why it took so many tries to boot. Right now the progress bar is showing that it is half installed. I will report this solved in a bit if this works.

I am trying to make a fully tweaked master minime to install on another computer, as Crow recommended to Rudge. Thought it was a great idea to take your time and do it as time allows.

Thanks for helping menotu.
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Re: Virtual Box-Minime
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2012, 03:17:08 PM »
If you still have the minime ISO to hand you could load that in place of the CD. 

Hope I'm not teaching you to suck eggs,  ;) this is done in the same place as adding a CD - VBox > Settings > Storage  and instead of using the Host Drive drill down to where the ISO is located.

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Re: Virtual Box-Minime
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2012, 03:18:24 PM »
Well, I achieved questionable success. I rebooted and when I opened the virtual box, minime was installed. I opened and got a desktop. I clicked on the upper right cashew to download pycashew to hide it. Just a quick thing to do to see if things were working. I clicked on the cashew. The screen went black and can't do a thing.
Got some work to do it seems.
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Re: Virtual Box-Minime
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2012, 01:35:32 AM »
Quote from: joechimp on October 29, 2012, 03:18:24 PM
Well, I achieved questionable success. I rebooted and when I opened the virtual box, minime was installed. I opened and got a desktop. I clicked on the upper right cashew to download pycashew to hide it. Just a quick thing to do to see if things were working. I clicked on the cashew. The screen went black and can't do a thing.
Got some work to do it seems.


Joe,
no need to download pycashew which does not work anyway. Go in Synaptic and install togglecashew.
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Re: Virtual Box-Minime
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2012, 06:50:52 AM »
Hi

I've had the same issue but with the full version of KDE. I had to up the RAM allowed to 1 GB and the video to max RAM.

Hope this helps.

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Re: Virtual Box-Minime
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2012, 10:47:18 AM »
Quote from: pinoc on October 30, 2012, 01:35:32 AM

Joe,
no need to download pycashew which does not work anyway. Go in Synaptic and install togglecashew.


Thank you. I appreciate that. Toggle Cashew it is.
However, the whole thing has disappeared from my computer. It now says there is nothing to boot. So I will install it again and see what happens.

Quote from: rick0612 on October 30, 2012, 06:50:52 AM
Hi

I've had the same issue but with the full version of KDE. I had to up the RAM allowed to 1 GB and the video to max RAM.

Hope this helps.

Rick.


I will do that now as I am about to attempt the install again. Thank you.
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Re: Virtual Box-Minime
« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2012, 12:32:56 PM »
Quote from: menotu on October 29, 2012, 03:17:08 PM
If you still have the minime ISO to hand you could load that in place of the CD. 

Hope I'm not teaching you to suck eggs,  ;) this is done in the same place as adding a CD - VBox > Settings > Storage  and instead of using the Host Drive drill down to where the ISO is located.


I tried and tried the other way and no go. I thought I would give the ISO a shot as you suggested. It read the ISO but it stopped at the splash screen progress bar the same as the burned CD. The MD5 matches so I know I have a good download.

Not sure what to do next but will keep trying.

Thank You.
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Re: Virtual Box-Minime
« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2012, 01:22:22 PM »
OK, I am about to pull out all my chimp hair.  ::)

I got so frustrated that I decided to remove virtualbox from my computer. Went into synaptic. Marked for complete removal. Also the associated files that download with it. Removed it all then later I decide to reinstall it, in case virtualbox was the problem.
Well, I go through with downloading it again and it opens up to the same set up I had before I removed everything. How did that happen. It is the virtualbox from hell. I did it 3 times with the same result.
I hope someone will tell me the dumb A** thing I did wrong so I can dope slap myself.

Thank you for putting up with this thread.

I don't have problems very often with PCLinuxOS but when I do, they are always strange.


LATEST:

No progress. I deleted the existing drive from virtual box again. Configured a new one , then tried loading the iso again. It goes along fine until I get to the splash screen. Then freezes.
I tried booting livecd without splash and it hangs in text.  Last line of text is --- Making extra modes:
So I am lost for a solution.
I really wanted to make a MiniMe remaster in virtual box. It would have been fun to work on it from time to time until I got it right.
« Last Edit: October 30, 2012, 01:53:27 PM by joechimp »
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