Problem with Natty under VirtualBox

[Donald Talbert]

On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 13:11 +0300, Donkey Hottie wrote:
> I have the latest VirtualBox on a 64bit Windows 7 Home Premium.
> 
> Under that I have 64 bit Debian Squeeze, and 32 bit Natty Narwhal. The
> Debian runs fine, but the Ubuntu installation is hard to boot. I need to
> "reset" it many times, it usually just puts out a black screen and
> hangs. After many resets it finally boots very quickly and works then fine.
> 
> That problem was not with earlier versions of Ubuntu.
> 
> That might be a conflict with VirtualBox and current GRUB, or current
> Ubuntu Kernel, I don't know.
> 
> Anyone rings any bells? Maybe some kernel parameter to GRUB config? This
> is irritating.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Your mode of life will be changed for the better because of new
> developments.
> 
> 

You are installing the virtual box drivers and letting it build a kernel
for it on first boot right? (Devices, Install Guest Additions) That
makes a world of difference for virtual machines.

If it's not that check your settings make sure your giving enough ram
and if you have a slow processor maybe give 2 cores. Also make sure your
processor supports and is turned on virtualization Acceleration (BIOS:
AMDV etc).  

I never had any problems with Ubuntu inside a virtual machine on a AMD
Phenom II 1090T (or 955) BE with Virtualbox with both my host system as
Ubuntu & Windows 7. :) Let us know what you find out.