[Solved] Installing pclinuxos-kde-2012.12.iso in VirtualBox 4.2.6

[menotu]

Thanks guys.

I'm trying to load from a DVD.  The disc will run as LiveCD directly on the machine and has been used to install on another machine so seems OK.  I've also tried the 2012.08 CD (known good) with the same result.

The computer has 4 Gig memory installed and I'm allocating 1024 to the VM.  Our download page suggests memory requirement: 512 MB minimum, 1 GB recommended.

I have both IOAPIC and PAE/NX ticked.  I'll try unticking PAE/NX and report back.

Russell.

You probably have the Extension Pack installed but no harm in checking that it's installed and/or that it's the 4.2.6 pack  (File > Preferences > Extension)

Mebbe try using the pclinuxos-kde-2012.12.iso instead of a physical dvd

I hope I'm not teaching to suck eggs   but here goes....

In Settings > Storage > go to the right of where it says IDE Primary Master click on the image of the  CD and drill down to where the iso is stored.  

Under Storage Tree I if you don't already have an Controller IDE being shown, select the left hand + sign and the following image will appear - selectChoose Disk and again drill to the ISO image

[venks]

Hi Guys/Gals,
I have got the same problem here.  Tried all the solution given --> set the RAM to 2048, VRAM=128, PAE/NX and ACPI enabled.  But still it "stops" mid-way.  I booted with no-splash option, and saw that the boot process was stuck at/after "making extra nodes....[ok]" .

My base OS is Ubuntu/Kubuntu 12.10 and using VirtualBox 4.2.6.

[agmg]

Well, maybe it's a *buntu problem then and not related to VirtualBox or PCLinuxOS?

[russell.eberhardt]

Just reposting my settings for easy reference:

Thanks AGMG.

I've used the same settings except for the audio.  Using Pulse Audio but that works OK with the LXDE edition and I can't see it being a problem here.

Maybe you should try with the iso directly without using your dvd drive?
Have you tried enabling/disabling some options?
Has your virtual disk a fixed size or is it dynamically allocated?

I've now tried it with both fixed and dynamic virtual disk, with and without PAE_NX enabled, and with 2 GB ram.
I am currently downoading a fresh copy of the ISO and will try it direct from the harddisk.

Russell.

[russell.eberhardt]

You probably have the Extension Pack installed but no harm in checking that it's installed and/or that it's the 4.2.6 pack  (File > Preferences > Extension)

Yes, version 4.2.6r82870

Mebbe try using the pclinuxos-kde-2012.12.iso instead of a physical dvd

Will try that with a fresh download (although the MD5 sum is correct on my disk)

I hope I'm not teaching to suck eggs   but here goes....

This great grandad doesn't mind that

Russell.

[Old-Polack]

Using the 64 bit PCLinuxOS test installation as host, VBox 4.2.6 Works just fine, and PCLinuxOS, in all its various forms, installs exactly as one would expect.



Only a partial list of installed VMs, as the entire list doesn't fit within the confines of the screen.



And the running KDE 2012.12, with window reduced to fit the post better.



The best we can do is to be sure that VBox itself installs properly on our systems, and our images install properly on those VBox installations. We can't be responsible for VBox installations on other distributions. Maybe you should be posting about your problems on the other distribution's forum.

[russell.eberhardt]

Hi Guys/Gals,
I have got the same problem here. 

Glad it's not just me then.  Iwas beginning to think I was having another "senior moment"

Russell.

[russell.eberhardt]

Mebbe try using the pclinuxos-kde-2012.12.iso instead of a physical dvd

Thanks Menotu, that does it.  It installed faultlessly from an ISO on the hard disk.

Curious, I've installed three other distros (including PCLinuxOS LXDE) from CDs without problems.  The CD I was using has been used to install PCL KDE natively on a number of machines so is good.

Russell.

[venks]

Well, maybe it's a *buntu problem then and not related to VirtualBox or PCLinuxOS?

But I could run other distros on the same machine without any problem! 

[venks]

After my previous post, I tried running a 64bit OS - SUSE 12.2 - on VirtualBox, and I got the hint that virtualisation was not turned on in the BIOS.  After doing that, i.e. turn on the "Virtualisation" option on the BIOS, now I can boot PCLOS already. 

Thanks for all the hints and hope this will help someone along the way.

[sling-shot]

turn on the "Virtualisation" option on the BIOS,

Is that a new thing? I do not seem to recall seeing it.

[venks]

Its the VT-x/AMD-V bit that is enables the CPU to run virtual machines optimally.  It can only be set from the BIOS.  For some reason or  other it was disabled on my PC.  I have found that some older servers use to have this capability OFF by default and you have to turn in on via the BIOS/Firmware.

[agmg]

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Virtualization

[sling-shot]

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Virtualization

So quoting www.virtualbox.org

Virtualizers such as VirtualBox, on the other hand, can achieve near-native performance for the guest code, but can only run guest code that was written for the same target hardware (such as 32-bit Linux on a 32-bit Windows host)

So a 32 bit guest on a 64 bit host may not run.

[Old-Polack]

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Virtualization

So quoting www.virtualbox.org

Virtualizers such as VirtualBox, on the other hand, can achieve near-native performance for the guest code, but can only run guest code that was written for the same target hardware (such as 32-bit Linux on a 32-bit Windows host)

So a 32 bit guest on a 64 bit host may not run.

Yes it will, but a 64 bit guest on a 32 bit host will not.