Ah, ok. But:

You must start the Additions from the CD/DVD drive inside the guest to start the installer.


Micky

Actually, I had wrongly mentioned the Extension Pack. What you need are the guest additions: 

Please do see if you can install these and whether performance improves.

As for the comparison between the two different computer models, please compare the CPU, disk, RAM, and virtual memory.

— Sriram

On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 at 5:45 PM, Elima <[email protected]> wrote:
I read the manual to install the extensions. They are there and have a
hook.

Can it be that my Lenovo T60 is too small? But openindiana on a real HDD
with the same Lenovo T60 works.


Micky

> On 22.02.2023 12:45, Elima wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> this is the problem. Booting from openindia is so slow that the host
>> is slow too. This means that only the clock and the mouse is working.
>> I can do nothing then power off the pc.
>>
>> It is not possible to install the VirtualBox extensions because
>> booting never comes to end.
>
> Hi,
> read how to install extension pack here:
> https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02.html#install-ext-pack
>
> IMHO, you do not need to run any guest to do it.
> Regards.
>>
>>
>> Micky
>>
>>
>>> Have you installed the Virtual Box extensions, in case they are
>>> available?
>>>
>>> — Sriram
>>>
>>> On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 at 3:41 PM, <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>     Hello,
>>>
>>>     I installed openindiana in VirtualBox. Host system is Linux Mint.
>>>     It works, but openindiana runs extrem slow. I always have Wndows
>>>     Vista in VirtualBox, that runs normal.
>>>
>>>     My question is: Why is openindiana so extrem slow?
>>>
>>>
>>>     Micky
>>>
>>>
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