VirtualBox boot problem

[Liam Proven]

On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 at 00:48, Bill <bstanle at wowway.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a Windows 10 boot (install) on a USB flash drive which I want to
> put on a VM.

Don't. It's a very hard way to do it.

Just download a new ISO from Microsoft. It's free and you don't need
any account, product key or anything. Also, you can go direct to 22H2.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO


>  My system is Mint 20.3.

Suggestion: maybe it's time to upgrade? 21 has been out for months and
it's up to 21.1 now.

>  I download VirtualBox from the
> Mint repository but it doesn't support boot (install) from a flash
> drive.

It can be done but it's hard. It's not worth it.

>  I suspect that the VirtualBox in the Mint repository is very
> old.

Perhaps. 7.x is current but 6.x is still useful.

> virtualbox-7.0_7.0.6-155176~Debian~bullseye_amd64.deb

Not recommended.
>
> virtualbox-7.0_7.0.6-155176~Ubuntu~jammy_amd64.deb

Ubuntu Jammy is 22.04. Mint 21 is based on that.

You're on Mint 20. That is based on Ubuntu 20.04. Wrong version.


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